Our treatment options

Invasive spine surgery, including laminectomy, laminotomy, discectomy, foraminotomy, spinal fusion, interspinous device and artificial disc, permanently interferes with the natural movement of your spine because these treatments intentionally remove or destroy normal bones, ligaments, muscles, and joints from your spine. The collateral damage to the patient’s body caused by invasive spine surgery is often ignored by the surgeons who are pushing these dangerous but profitable types of surgery.

Invasive spine surgery damages not only the spinal disc but also the surrounding ligaments, bones and muscles permanently altering the patient’s natural posture, gait, station, and balance leading to a lifetime of agonizing joint and muscle issues from postoperative instability. Therefore, eventual fusion of the spine becomes necessary to treat surgical postoperative instability. Spinal fusion always results in permanent loss of movement.

Three surgeons in masks performing surgery under bright lights.
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Deuk Laser Disc Repair®

Deuk Laser Disc Repair® is the most advanced laser spine surgery in the world. It is used as an alternative to dangerous invasive surgeries like total disc replacement and spinal fusion.

This revolutionary procedure was developed by Board-Certified Dr. Ara Deukmedjian, a renowned neuro-spine surgeon and a true pioneer in minimally invasive, laser, and endoscopic back and neck pain treatment.

To find out if you are a good candidate for one of our advanced treatments, please complete our Free MRI Review

OUR TREATMENTS

Deuk Laser Disc Repair® Options

Deuk Spine Institute offers a range of minimally invasive procedures designed to treat the root cause of your pain.
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Lumbar DLDR

Laser energy debriding the annular tear in the lumbar spine during Deuk Laser Disc Repair® surgery.

A picture demonstrating Deuk Laser Disc Repair performed on the cervical spine.

Cervical DLDR

A picture demonstrating Deuk Laser Disc Repair® performed on the cervical spine.

Surgical instrument performing a procedure near a spherical object and organic tissue.

Thoracic DLDR

Laser energy debriding the annular tear in the thoracic spine during Deuk Laser Disc Repair® surgery.

Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy®

Eliminate joint pain naturally. Arthritic knees, hips, shoulders, spines, toes, ankles and hands have all been successfully treated with permanent elimination of joint pain using the Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy® procedure, a proprietary technology only offered at Deuk Spine Institute® and Deuk Joint Institute®.

With only a 4 mm skin incision and a patented technique pioneered by our founder Dr. Ara Deukmedjian MD, pain nerves to the joint are targeted and permanently disconnected so our patients can enjoy long term pain-free movement.

To find out if you are a good candidate for one of our advanced treatments, please complete our Free MRI Review

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OUR PROCEDURES

Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy® Options

Explore our range of minimally invasive spine procedures.
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Lumbar DPR

An animation demonstrating Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy® being performed on a Lumbar Spine.
Animation showcasing deuk plasma wond burning the nerves completely to cure pain in the neck.

Cervical DPR

Animation showcasing Deuk plasma wand burning the nerves completely to cure pain.
Transparent human figure highlighting the spine in red, illustrating spine surgery focus.

Thoracic DPR

Animation showcasing Deuk plasma wand burning the nerves completely to cure pain.
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SI Joint DPR

An animated picture highlighting the SI joint pain necessitating the SI joint Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy®.

Deuk Piriformis Muscle Release®

A less invasive, state of the art treatment to permanently relieve piriformis syndrome symptoms by disconnecting the painful muscle from its attachment to the hip. The procedure was pioneered at Deuk Spine Institute in 2024 by Founding Neurosurgeon Dr. Ara Deukmedjian MD with the help of his son, Arias Deukmedjian.

Deuk Piriformis Muscle Release® is a one-of-a-kind procedure offering the safest and most effective treatment of piriformis syndrome in the world. There is no hospitalization. Bleeding is minimal (a few drops) and recovery takes 30 minutes. A band aid is all that is needed for the 4mm incision. Most patients return to work the following day.

To find out if you are a good candidate for one of our advanced treatments, please complete our Free MRI Review

Illustration of Deuk Piriformis Release procedure showing targeted muscle and surrounding anatomy.

Other Treatments

Illustration showing a spine with a removed lamina section.

Laminectomy Surgery

Risks, Complications & Better Alternatives

Laminectomy destroys stabilizing spinal structures, requires fusion in 40-50% of cases, and has less than a 20% success rate.
Surgeons operate under bright surgical lights with tools on a draped table.

Discectomy and Microdiscectomy

Risks & Recurrence Rates

Removes herniated disc material but leaves the torn annulus untreated, resulting in 20-30% recurrence rates.
X-ray showing spinal fixation hardware in the lower back.

Spinal Fusion

Common Problems, What Surgeons Don't Always Tell You

Permanently fuses vertebrae using screws, rods, and cages. It eliminates natural spinal motion and causes adjacent segment disease.
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Artificial Disc Replacement

What Patients Need to Know Before Surgery

Unnecessarily dangerous procedure that benefits the surgeon and device manufacturer more than the patient.
X-ray showing a spinal column with a metal surgical bracket attached.

Interspinous & Interlaminar Devices

What you need to know before surgery

Spacer devices placed between vertebrae that often migrate, break, or fail to relieve symptoms while preventing natural spinal movement.
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Pain Medication for Chronic Back Pain

Disadvantages And Why It's Not a Cure

Medications only mask pain temporarily without addressing the underlying cause, often leading to dependency, side effects, and long-term health complications.
Person receiving a back examination from a healthcare professional.

Physiotherapy for Chronic Back Pain

Disadvantages And What Actually Works

Physical therapy alone rarely solves chronic back pain. It cannot repair damaged discs or decompress nerves, and symptom improvement without addressing the root cause often leads to long-term frustration.
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Epidural Steroid Injections

The Dark Side of injections

Epidural steroid injections provide temporary relief by masking pain signals, but they don’t treat the source. Relief fades quickly, repeat injections are needed, and serious complications include nerve damage and infection.
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Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS)

There Are better alternatives

Spinal cord stimulators mask pain with electrical signals but require invasive surgery, lifelong device dependency, and carry high complication rates including lead migration and nerve damage.
Gloved hands prepare a medical needle for insertion.

Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)

Know the facts before you decide

RFA burns facet joint nerves using heated electrodes but rarely provides lasting relief. The procedure fails to address underlying disc problems and often requires repeat treatments.
Diagram of a syringe injecting between vertebrae in a spine model.

Facet Joint Injection

everything you need to know about injections

Facet joint injections are frequently ineffective or provide only short-lived relief, and studies show that many injections miss the facet joint entirely.
Medical illustration showing spinal procedure with a tool, disc bulge causing nerve pain, and vertebrae alignment.

Basivertebral Nerve Ablation (Intracept Procedure)

Learn everything you need to know

Basivertebral Nerve Ablation (Intracept) destroys normal bone and bone marrow from the spine, does not treat the actual source of pain — disc injuries — and may lead to spinal instability.
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Ultrasonic Spine Treatment

everything you need to know

Ultrasonic Spine Treatment destroys normal bone and bone marrow from the spine using an ultrasonic probe, does not treat the underlying cause of pain, and can lead to spinal instability.

Curing back and neck pain with our state of the art treatments

Deuk Laser Disc Repair® has patients back on their feet within an hour, feeling zero pain
Discover if you’re a candidate for our proprietary procedures with 0.01% complication rates and 99% average pain relief.

Most major insurance plans accepted.