The Spine Center for Comprehensive Treatment

MedStar Health spine services incorporates a team approach where you are cared for not by one physician, but rather our group of experts including pain management and physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists, interventional radiologists, physiatrists, neurologists, rheumatologists, spine surgeons, neurosurgeons, specialized pharmacists as well as certified physical and occupational therapists. This approach ensures that you get the best possible combination of treatment options based on your specific type of back pain diagnosis, including your examination findings, lifestyle, occupation, and recreational interests.

Our specialists treat orthopedic-related pain related to the spine, which include spine surgeries, the correction of failed spine surgeries, and neck surgery. We also provide treatment of all types of orthopedic pain, both surgically and non-surgically.

Spine services

Surgical and non-surgical treatment for back and spine pain and injuries.

Spine disorders expert diagnosis

Spine conditions treated

Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar stenosis
Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar disc herniations
Myelopathy
Spine tumors
Spine trauma
Vertebral compression fractures
Rheumatoid involvement of the spine
Adult scoliosis
Adult kyphosis
Osteoporotic spine fractures
Multiple myeloma involvement of the spine
Osteoarthritis
Osteoporosis
Herniated/slipped disc
Infections/tumors
Sciatica
Spinal stenosis
Vertebral compression fracture

Spine diagnosis and treatments

Epidural steroid injections
Epidural lysis of adhesions
Facet joint blocks
Nerve root blocks
Radio frequency ablation (RFA)
Sacroiliac joint injections
Intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET)
X-ray
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computerized tomography (CT) scans
Myelography
Bone scan
Electrodiagnostic studies
Minimally invasive lumbar decompression and fusion
Percutaneous spinal fusion for trauma or malignancy
Endoscopic microdiscectomy and nerve root decompression
Anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF)
Lumbar laminectomy
Cervical laminectomy and fusion
Lumbar and thoracolumbar decompression and fusion
Percutaneous stabilization for spinal fractures (kyphoplasty, vertebroplasty)
Kyphoplasty
Anterior lumbar interbody fusion
Corpectomy and fusion for selected spine tumors and infections
Discectomy
Laminectomy or laminotomy
Microdiscectomy
Spinal fusions
Skull-base and cranio-cervical junction (CVJ) surgery
Multi-disciplinary management of spinal tumors
Minimally invasive spinal surgery
Brainlab®’s Kolibri™ image guidance system — tracking surgical instruments in relation to a patient’s anatomy, the Brainlab technology helps the surgeon in planning incisions, finding pedicle entry points, trajectories, and screw insertion points. In certain cases, this image-guidance technology enables surgeons to avoid performing conventional open surgery