Ultrasonic Spine Treatment Options

Why is Ultrasonic Spine Surgery recommended by some spine surgeons?

Ultrasonic spine surgery device called cusa in use during a procedure, addressing the preference of some spine surgeons for this method due to financial incentives it can offer to surgeons, pain management specialists, and hospitals.

Lower back pain
Spinal stenosis
Radiculopathy
Pain management doctors are recommending and performing these high paying surgical procedures for often without benefit to the patient
Strong financial incentives for spine surgeons, pain management and hospitals

How is Ultrasonic Spine Surgery performed?

Why should Ultrasonic Spine Surgery be avoided?

A medical image depicting an ultrasonic spine surgery setup, showing surgical instruments and equipment in use, possibly highlighting the complex nature of such procedures.

Highly invasive: This procedure destroys normal bone and bone marrow from the spine and may result in spinal instability.

Excessive bleeding: Muscle trauma and bone destruction cause bleeding.

Destruction of normal stabilizing bones including lamina, spinous process and facet joint by the surgeon during Ultrasonic Spine Surgery

Damage of normal muscles around the spine by the surgeon during Ultrasonic Spine Surgery

Scar tissue forms within and around the spine and nerves after Ultrasonic Spine Surgery

Worst of all, the actual source of back pain (pain generator) is NOT treated with this procedure. Disc herniations and degenerated discs are not treated when Ultrasonic Spine Surgery is performed. They are the most common cause of back and leg pain or neck and arm pain.

Herniated discs are not treated with Ultrasonic Spine Surgery.

Bone necrosis (bone death) is common after Ultrasonic Spine Surgery and may require additional surgery

Excessive pain may occur after Ultrasonic Spine Surgery due to muscle or bone necrosis (death). The dying muscles and bone cause severe postoperative pain that requires opioid painkillers and muscle relaxers. Opioid painkillers are highly addicting, cause tolerance, abuse and even death from breathing failure.