Minimally Invasive Treatments for Pain in New Jersey
Home to board-certified NJ Top Doc, Dr. Thomas Ragukonis, Bergen Pain Management is proud to offer patients minimally invasive treatments for pain right here in Northern New Jersey. Learn more about our treatment options and schedule a consultation in Union, Paramus, or West New York, NJ, to discover how we can help you or a loved one find relief from the following types of pain:
What Is Minimally Invasive Treatment?
Whether you’d like to prevent a stay at the hospital or cut down your anticipated recovery time, the minimally invasive treatments at Bergen Pain Management offer a viable alternative to traditional surgical procedures. Utilizing state-of-the-art imaging devices, Dr. Ragukonis performs these advanced procedures, which:
- Require smaller incisions
- Carry less risk of complications
- Enable a speedier recovery and full return to normal activity
Our Minimally Invasive Treatment Options
Utilizing over 20 years of experience, Dr. Ragukonis offers the following minimally invasive treatments for pain:
Endoscopic Decompression
Most often used as a treatment for spinal stenosis or cervical, thoracic, or lumbar herniated discs, this procedure reduces pain by removing the root causes of one’s symptoms while preserving motion by:
- Mobilizing the annulus’ nerve
- Enlarging the foramen
- Removing disc compression, osteophytes and ligaments impacting nerves, and granulation or perineural scarring tissue
- Shrinking redundant annulus
Percutaneous Decompression
This procedure seeks to decompress intervertebral discs and provide relief for conditions such as sciatica, axial pain, and lumbar, thoracic, and cervical radiculopathy. It is performed via cutting-edge plasma technology, which is used to remove tissue from the affected disc’s center. This relieves pressure, thus leading to effective pain relief for many patients.
Endoscopic Discectomy
To treat herniated discs, Dr. Ragukonis utilizes a tubular device to perform this procedure, which seeks to relieve the pain and pressure caused by the affected disc(s) pushing against nerve roots.
Endoscopic Foraminotomy
Designed to relieve pressure on spinal nerve roots by enlarging the narrow spinal root canal, this treatment can be applied to patients with various conditions, such as:
- Compression from bone spurs
- Bulging or herniated discs
- Scar tissue
- Excessive ligaments
- Arthritis of the spine
- Failed back surgery syndrome
- Foraminal narrowing
- Spine degeneration
- Lumbar, thoracic, or cervical radiculopathy
- Spinal stenosis
- Spinal slippage or instability
- And more…
Kyphoplasty
This treatment relieves pain and restores spinal structure in patients with vertebral fractures due to osteoporosis.
Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression (MILD)
Typically used to address lumbar spinal stenosis, MILD reduces the amount of compression on a patient’s nerves to decrease pain and bring mobility back to normal.
Vertebroplasty
For patients with osteoporosis-related compression fractures, vertebroplasty can relieve symptoms with a specially formulated injection into the affected vertebra, which serves as a cement to fill the cracks.
Vertiflex
In cases of lumbar spinal stenosis, Dr. Ragukonis may utilize this procedure to place a small spacer within the spine, which expands to create room for vertebrae to open and nerves to breathe.
Interventional Spine Medicine Solutions
In this subtype of neurology, this umbrella of treatments focuses on altering how the body processes pain signals, with minimally invasive options including:
- Discography
- Intrathecal pumps
- Facet joint injections
- Spinal cord stimulator
- Radiofrequency ablation
- Sacroiliac joint injections
- Epidural lysis of adhesions
- Cervical endoscopic surgery
- Facet joint thermal ablation
- Dorsal root ganglion therapy
- Minimally invasive spine fusion
- Endoscopic laser facet rhizotomy
- Caudal, interlaminar, and transforaminal epidural steroid injections
- Sympathetic, stellate ganglion, medial branch, and intercostal nerve blocks