Spine Team Texas' Dr. David Rothbart on Good Morning Texas

BACK AND NECK PAIN. NO NEED TO SUFFER OR BE AFRAID OF SURGERY. WHY? THERE ARE TWO REASONS. MINIMALLY INVASIVE TECHNIQUES AND A REVOLUTIONARY NEW IMAGING SYSTEM USED DURING SPINE SURGERY. NEOSURGEON, COULD EXPLAIN. GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. , SHANNON. >> LET'S START BY TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS MINIMALLY VISIBLE SPINE SURGERY? >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THAT GETS TOSSED AROUND THESE DAYS. WE DO THAT LIKE A LAP SCOPPIC PROCEDURE. IDEA IS GET IN AND GET OUT WITHOUT THE BODY KNOWING YOU ARE THERE. >> ARE YOU DOING A LOT OF CUTTING. >> THE IDEA, WE SEPARATE THE MUSCLES. WHEN WE ARE DONE, THE MUSCLES GO BACK TO THEIR. YOU TALK ABOUT THE MINIMAL INVASIVE, SOME OF THE NEW TECHNIQUES AND ADVANCES IN THE TYPE OF SURGERY? >> THE LATEST IS BRINGING A COMPUTER, ACTUAL CT SCANNER CALLED AN O-ARM. THIS GENERATES A THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE TO THE SPINE. WE CAN SPLAIS THE IMAGE, BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING, COULD SEE INSIDE THE PATIENT'S BODY BEFORE WE BEGIN. >> LET'S TALK MORE, YOU MENTIONED O-ARM. HOW EXACTLY DOES THE O-ARM AND IMAGING AND TECHNOLOGY WORK TO BENEFIT THE PATIENT? >> THIS HAS ADDED A GREATER DEGREE OF, OF SURGERY. MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINE SURGERY AND NEVER IMAGINED THIS WOULD TAKE PLACE. WHAT THIS COULD DO, WE COULD SEE EXACTLY WHERE WE NEED TO BE, GET IN AND BE AS PRECISE AND WHEN WE'RE DONE, WE'RE ABLE TO IMAGE AGAIN AND BE SURE WE ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH? >> WHAT TYPES OF SPINE SURGERY, PATIENTSES BENEFIT FROM THIS. I THINK YOU AND I WERE TALKING AND MY HUSBAND HAS A LITTLE SCAR. THINGS ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING. >> TO THE PATIENT THAT IS WOULD BENEFIT TO THE TECHNOLOGY, PATIENTS WHO HAVE INSTABILITY, OR ONE VERTEBRAE OR ONE SEGMENT OF THE SPINE IS SLIPPING INTO PLACE. SOMEONE WHO O HAD A LARGE OPERATION AND DISTORTED ALL THE, THE NORMAL ANATOMY. >> IS THIS TECHNOLOGY FOUND ROUTINELY IN SPINE SURGERY, OR. >> IT'S A NEW TECHNOLOGY, RELATIVELY NU.D. >> AND NOW WHERE WOULD YOU SAY THE TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY LENDS ITSELF FOR BETTER OUTCOME FOR SPINE SURGERY PATIENTS? >> THE TOOL IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE PERSON OPERATING THE TOOL. HOWEVER, IN GOOD EXPERIENCED HANDS, THIS LENDS A LEVEL OF SAFETY AN PRECISION THAT WE NEVER HAD BEFORE IN SPINE SURGERY. >> OKAY. MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINE SURGERY. >> RIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND IF YOU SUFFER FROM BACK OR NECK PAIN, CALL SPINE TEAM TEXAS DAY TO SCHEDULE A FULL SPINE CONSULTATION. SPINE TEAM TEXAS HAS OFFICES IN