Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression (MILD)
The MILD (Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression) is a procedure that can alleviate the pain patients feel from their spinal stenosis. Spinal stenosis often prevents patients from standing or walking for long periods of time, and the MILD procedure can allow patients to resume their daily activities.
This brief procedure is performed in the operating room and patients are expected to go home soon after the procedure is completed. It is a safe, clinically proven, and minimally invasive procedure that can drastically improve the functionality of the patients. To know if the MILD procedure is right for you, patients should show symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis, such as lower back pain that radiates down the legs, and show radiologic signs of spinal stenosis as well as ligamentum flavum hypertrophy (greater than 2.5mm). Our physicians at Kansas Pain Management are trained to assess your spine under imaging guidance, and create a small incision in your back. This incision will help them remove pieces of bone and ligament that obstruct your spinal canal. This restores the spinal space, thereby decreasing the compression of the nerves, effectively eradicating the pain, and increasing mobility.
What Conditions Does It Treat?
This procedure is primarily used for lumbar spinal stenosis, bulging or herniated disks or degenerative disc disease. Our double board-certified pain specialists are extremely skilled at diagnosing pain caused by these conditions, and effectively treating it with this procedure. Treatable conditions include:
- Ligamentum flavum hypertrophy
- Neurogenic claudication
- Herniated disc
Treatment Offered By Kansas Pain Management
Kansas Pain Management offers a comprehensive pain treatment plan that is tailored to each patient’s specific needs. The first step is a thorough evaluation, which includes a medical history, physical examination, and diagnostic testing, if necessary.
Treatment options may include medications, physical therapy, injections, or surgery, depending on the underlying cause of the pain.
Kansas Pain Management also offers a range of minimally invasive procedures to help alleviate pain and restore function. With board-certified and fellowship-trained physicians, Kansas Pain Management is committed to providing the highest quality care for patients suffering from pain. You can book an appointment with us at Overland Park, Lawrence, Leavenworth/Lansing, Roeland Park, etc. We also serve nearby locations like Ottawa, Missouri, Topeka, Belton, Manhattan, Lee’s Summit, Johnson County & Kansas areas.