Laser Spine Doctor NYC

If you have back pain, perhaps it's been recommended to you to have spine surgery as a means to alleviate your pain, or you've researched this on your own. Laser spine surgery is usually less invasive, causes less pain, and can even be done in an outpatient setting such that you can go home after surgery without having to be hospitalized. Nonetheless, even this less invasive form of back surgery is a sobering prospect. Unless your surgery is done by a laser spine doctor with the proper training, certification, and background, you could sustain serious injury. Make sure the doctor you choose is properly qualified with the necessary medical and technical training to do your procedure.

What characteristics should your laser spine doctor have?

• He or she has the proper training and board certification

Laser spine surgery is a delicate undertaking. Your laser spine doctor should be exquisitely trained both in laser technology as used in spine surgery, and in general spinal surgery, as well. Board certification is absolutely necessary; never consider undergoing this procedure with a doctor who is not board certified. In addition, he or she should have done a fellowship in spinal surgery, as well.

• He or she specializes in back pain relief

Spinal surgeries such as those that treat that conditions like pinched nerves, herniated discs, arthritis, or spinal stenosis are specialties for doctors who focus on back pain relief. If you live in the New York City area, consider seeing Dr. Sukdeb Datta, MD, DABPM, FIPP, DABIPP. He is the Medical Director of the Datta Endoscopic Back Surgery and Pain Center in New York City, New York. He also has an extensive background in pain management with a current focus on spinal treatment. Prior to becoming Medical Director of the Institute, he was Director of the Interventional Pain Management Program at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, and served as Associate Professor of the Department of Anesthesiology at the Medical School at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

• He or she maintains a focus on the patient, as well as the procedure and proper technique

A "good bedside manner" is still important when you're considering laser spine surgery. A good laser spine doctor is certainly an expert in his or her field in terms of technique and procedure, but will also have a focus on you, the patient. He or she will make sure that you are comfortable and informed, and will have had all of your questions answered prior to the procedure.

• He or she has no black marks on his or her disciplinary record

Your state medical board can tell you whether or not the doctors you're researching have had any disciplinary actions taken against them. Any doctor who has had any kind of a disciplinary action taken against him or her should not be considered an appropriate candidate to do your surgery. Stick with a laser spine doctor who has had a clean disciplinary record.

 

• He or she is recommended by friends and/or family

If you're looking for a good laser spine doctor, you can start by considering the recommendations of friends or family. Certainly, you should research any doctor recommended to you and make sure that he or she has had the proper training, background, and so forth as previously mentioned. You shouldn't go ahead with a particular recommendation if the doctor comes up short on any formal measures of expertise as previously mentioned (proper training and certification, etc.). Nonetheless, a recommendation from family and friends is a good place to start, and you can research any doctors recommended to you to make sure they have the professional qualifications to do the surgery.

 

• Your own doctor recommends him or her

Your primary care physician will likely know of a good laser spine doctor if you suffer from extensive back pain and he or she thinks laser surgery would help.Your doctor can refer you to a qualified surgeon if so.