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New surgery corrects spinal curves
through minimally invasive procedure
Stephanie is an active teenager
who enjoys dancing and hanging out
with her friends. Like most teenagers,
the idea of slowing down because of a
spinal deformity like scoliosis was not
at all appealing. Neither was the fact
that her spinal curve was worsening.
Stephanie was first diagnosed with
scoliosis at the age of 14. Her physician
first tried conservative options, which
included watchful waiting. As time
went by, however, Stephanie’s curve
worsened significantly to 41 degrees.
Stephanie’s physician then referred her
to Dr. Matthew Geck, a fellowship trained
spine surgeon at Seton Spine
and Scoliosis in Austin, Texas.
Dr. Geck tried a non-surgical
option first, a brace, but her curve
continued to worsen to 50 degrees.
Also, Stephanie did not like the
deformed shape of her spine and she began experiencing back pain
symptoms from the spinal curve.
Dr. Geck presented to Stephanie
and her parents an exciting new option:
a new minimally invasive scoliosis
procedure that corrects the spinal curve
through three small incisions instead of
long incision and scar.
“It has taken years to bring
minimally invasive surgery techniques
to scoliosis surgery,” explains Dr.
Geck, the first spine surgeon in Texas
to perform minimally invasive posterior scoliosis
surgery.
“In the past, to get access to the
spine typically meant making a long
incision the length of the back to
attach instruments to unwind the spinal
curve,” says Dr. Geck. “In minimally
invasive scoliosis surgery, we make
three small incisions instead of a single
long one.” The benefits are significant - less muscle is cut, less blood loss and
much smaller scar, shorter hospital
stay, less pain, and
because of the
muscle sparing
approach, a faster
return to normal
activity.
Click here or select the image above to download a PDF of Stephanie's experience with Dr. Matthew Geck.
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