Spine Center Services
Patients at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham (BID-Needham) can receive comprehensive evaluation and treatment for back and neck problems from specialists who are affiliated with the Spine Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. These specialists work together to bring our patients the right care from the right expert at the right time, in a convenient location that is close to home.
Often, treatment does not require surgery. However, when surgery is the best option, procedures are often performed right at BID-Needham. Others may be referred to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
Conditions Treated
We care for adult patients with neck and back problems including:
- Conditions caused by aging (degenerative disease): Lumbar and spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, herniated disc, osteoporosis and fragility/compression fractures of the spine, spondylolisthesis.
- Central spinal cord compression (myelopathy) of the cervical and thoracic spine.
- Problems with a spinal nerve root (radiculopathy) of the cervical, thoracic or lumbar spine.
- Arthritis of the spine.
- Tumors of the spine and spinal cord.
- Spinal deformities such as scoliosis and kyphosis.
- Spine trauma and spinal cord injuries.
- Acute or chronic back and neck pain.
Our Services
Our services include evaluation, pain management, physical therapy, and surgery.
Evaluation
Complete musculoskeletal evaluation; comprehensive radiology imaging including MRI, CT scans, bone scans, X-rays and PET scans; EMG/nerve induction studies through Neurology; evaluation for inflammatory arthritis; discography
Pain Management
Injections (epidural injections, nerve root blocks, facet injections, dorsal rhizotomy, sacroiliac injections), pain medication consultation, spinal cord stimulators
Physical Therapy
Services include strengthening, stretching, core exercises and manual therapy. There is a complete Rehabilitation Medicine department at BID-Needham.
Surgery
Harnessing the most advanced surgical techniques, Spine Center surgeons treat all spine conditions from the base of the skull (cervical spine) to the pelvis (lumbar spine). Depending upon the type of surgery needed, you may be referred to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Surgeons frequently perform decompression, fusion and instrumentation procedures via minimally invasive and/or endoscopic approaches, as well as via traditional open surgery when appropriate. In addition to procedures such as discectomy, laminectomy and laminoplasty, surgeons perform osteotomies for spinal deformity and treat scoliosis.
BID-Needham surgeons bring special expertise in minimally invasive decompression; minimally invasive instrumented fusion; minimally invasive anterior fusions in the lumbar spine (direct lateral interbody fusion); and endoscopic lumbar decompressions.
