Spine Surgery
Consider surgery to:
- Increase strength and sensation
- Increase mobility
- Return to activities of daily living
- Reduce pain
Services
Our experienced surgeons perform high volumes of surgeries — done both open and minimally invasive.
- Fusion
- Laminectomy
- Discectomy
- Decompression
- Many others
Benefits of minimally invasive spine surgery
- Less blood loss from surgery
- Reduced risk of muscle damage since less or no cutting of the muscle is required
- Reduced risk of infection and postoperative pain
- Faster recovery from surgery
Conditions treated with minimally invasive spine surgery
- Degenerative disk disease
- Herniated disc
- Lumbar spinal stenosis
- Spinal deformities, such as scoliosis
- Spinal infections
- Spinal instability
- Vertebral compression fractures
- Spinal tumors
Blue Distinction Center+ for Spine Surgery
St. Cloud Hospital has the only Blue Distinction Center+ for Spine Surgery by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota north of the Twin Cities
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Blue Distinction Center+ means St. Cloud Hospital:
- Has demonstrated better quality and outcomes
- Has lower rates of complications and readmissions
- Is 20 percent more cost-efficient than their peers
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