Conditions and Treatments
The orthopaedic specialists at Penn's Spine Service are dedicated to using surgical and nonsurgical treatments for conditions that affect the spine and neck. Recognizing that no two patients are alike – and neither are their spine and neck conditions – the experts create individualized patient treatment plans.
Conditions
Penn specialists treat all aspects of spine and neck disorders including:
- Cervical spondylosis
- Degenerative disk disease (DDD)
- Flat back syndrome
- Herniated disk
- Infection
- Kyphosis
- Neck and back pain (cervical and lumbar disk disease)
- Osteomyelitis
- Revision surgery (surgery to compensate for a failed implant or address problems from a previous surgery)
- Scoliosis
- Spinal cord trauma
- Spinal deformity
- Spinal injury
- Spinal stenosis
- Spinal tumor
- Spondylolisthesis
Treatments
The team performs procedures and treatments such as:
- Disk replacement
- Cervical diagnosis
- Decompression
- Diskectomy (disk removal)
- Foraminotomy
- Laminectomy (lumbar decompression)
- Lumbosacral diagnosis
- Motion-sparing procedures
- Spinal fusion
- Thoracic diagnosis
Need an appointment? Request one online 24 hours/day, 7 days/week or call 800-789-PENN (7366) to speak to a referral counselor.