Frequently Asked Questions

We strive to provide our patients with the best level of care possible. Although it is impossible to eliminate all risks related to any medical procedure, we take precautions to ensure the safety of our patients. The number of surgery complications at OMNI Pain and Precision Medicine are generally very low when compared to traditional open back surgery. The carefully trained physicians at OMNI Pain and Precision Medicine are trained to perform many minimally invasive procedures that require no incision. The absence of an incision results in a much lower incidence of complications such as infections and other complications related to wound healing. Furthermore, these procedures do not require the use of general anesthesia, which can cause complications in some patients. Post-operative infection at the incision site is a complication that rarely occurs.

Contact us over the phone or submit your information and any questions you may have by e-mail through our website. Someone from our office will contact you at the time and manner in which you request and answer your questions.

Back and neck pain is different for every patient. Therefore, each patient is given an individualized treatment plan. The number of procedures necessary is determined by you and your physician. During the initial evaluation, your physician will determine how many levels of damage you have which are causing symptoms. Many patients experience pain in multiple areas and levels. However, only one or two of the problems may actually be causing symptoms. Most patients need just one surgery, but many have multiple procedures within that surgery.

Patients who suffer from multiple pathologies concurrently may require a combination of techniques. For instance, some patients may benefit from both a foraminotomy and a laminotomy. These procedures can be done concomitantly by our surgeons so that you are in the operating room only once allowing you to minimize your recuperation, time spent and costs.

At OMNI Pain and Precision Medicine, we strive to ensure the comfort of our patients.

During a spine procedure patients are sedated and comfortable throughout the duration of the procedures. After IV sedation, our trained professionals administer a local anesthetic at the surgical site. The use of local anesthetic rather than general anesthetic allows patients the ability to communicate with the surgical team throughout the spine procedure. This provides the patient the ability to relate to the team when pain has been alleviated and a nerve impulse is moving the length of the nerve.

Patients who undergo neck surgery are required to wear a cervical collar for the first two weeks after their surgery. Patients are also instructed to wear the collar if they are sitting or walking for extended periods of time (e.g. when working at a desk or driving in a car).

We advise all of our patients to have a responsible adult drive them home after the procedure. This is because of the IV sedation and local anesthetic that are administered during the procedure. However, you will be able to return to normal driving and resume other activities of daily living within twenty-four hours after your procedure.

We advise all of our patients to have a responsible adult drive them home (if you are local) or stay with you at a local hotel (if you are from out of town) after the procedure. Someone at our office can assist you in making arrangements. In addition, we ask that you bring all medications you are currently taking.

Endoscopic surgery involves the use of minimally invasive techniques. At OMNI Pain and Precision Medicine, our trained physicians use advanced techniques to perform various procedures. Where traditional surgery methods involve large incisions, minimally invasive techniques require very small incisions be made to complete the procedure. The advantage of using minimally invasive techniques is our physicians are able to treat spinal pain with very little blood loss and scarring or scar tissue formation. In addition, endoscopic surgery does not involve the use of hardware (metal rods, pins, etc.). This reduces the risk of any potential problems that occur with traditional surgical methods.

At OMNI Pain and Precision Medicine, our highly trained physicians can help many patients who suffer the consequences of failed back surgery. In fact, a large portion of our patients have had failed back surgery in the past or suffer from new spine conditions due to fusions. Our procedures can correct most spinal conditions, plus our highly trained surgeons can remove unwanted hardware that causes additional spine conditions. Our highly trained surgeons can also remove scar tissue development from a previous open back surgery that may also cause new and painful spine conditions.

Yes. At OMNI Pain and Precision Medicine, our trained physicians use techniques that work well to treat these conditions. Using various procedures, our physicians remove impingements to the spinal or foraminal canal which frees the nerve, thereby relieving the pain and its accompanying symptoms.

If your physician determines that a disc is pressing on the spinal cord or on an exiting nerve and symptoms are present, that portion of the bulging disc or herniation will be removed in order to release the impingement at the necessary level. However, opening or widening the foraminal or spinal canals will alleviate pressure on the nerves without removing any portion of the disc, in most cases.

At OMNI Pain and Precision Medicine, our highly trained physicians take pride in performing sophisticated procedures that are difficult to learn and take years of training. They are on the cutting edge of medical technology and OMNI Pain and Precision Medicine is at the forefront of this movement. We envision the practice of medicine changing in the future, and that this will become the standard of practice for the surgical interventional treatment of spinal conditions throughout the world. Until then, the highly trained physicians at OMNI Pain and Precision Medicine are here to help relieve the pain and suffering of people with spine conditions with the most effective and efficient methods possible.

The most prominent difference between OMNI Pain and Precision Medicine and other spinal centers offering “laser” treatment is the manner in which the procedures are performed. Our highly trained physicians are able to reach the spine using an endoscopic method minimizing trauma to the body, scar tissue formation, and healing time.

At OMNI Pain and Precision Medicine, we follow a multi-step approach. After the appropriate interdisciplinary plan of care is followed for each patient who does not experience relief over a period of time, a re-evaluation may be performed to determine if the patient needs a revision or another procedure. This may involve a diagnosis of an additional level of spinal disorder.