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NewYork-Presbyterian Och Spine Hospital provides comprehensive, coordinated care for people with spinal conditions — from the most common arthritic and degenerative spine disorders to the rarest and most difficult-to-treat spinal deformities. We treat patients of all ages with degenerative spine disorders, scoliosis and other spine deformities, spine trauma, vertebral fractures, and spinal tumors.
At NewYork-Presbyterian Och Spine Hospital, our spine experts have extensive experience offering non-surgical and surgical treatments for herniated discs, arthritis, sciatica, spinal stenosis, and other degenerative spine disorders. Our goal is to restore your comfort and mobility so you can return to the activities you love.
Cervical Spine Surgery (Before and After)
Our experts care for patients with:
We typically begin your treatment with conservative therapies, such as physical therapy, injections, and pain management, If non-surgical therapies aren’t successful, our surgeons perform minimally invasive procedures to relieve pressure on the spinal cord or spinal nerves, and microdiscectomy to remove the herniated portions of a damaged disc. Our spine surgeons are highly experienced performing:
Our multidisciplinary pediatric spine specialists are specifically trained to treat children. Because of the complexities involved in pediatric spine procedures, those surgeries are performed at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital—one of the nation’s top children's hospital's. More children's spine surgery is performed here than any other hospital in New York.
Pediatric Severe Kyphoscoliosis (Before and After)
Our pediatric spine team cares for children with:
Children and teens with moderate scoliosis curves who do not need surgery may benefit from Schroth physical therapy at our Center for Conservative Care for Spinal Deformities. Some children benefit from casting or bracing.
We are especially known for our expertise treating early-onset scoliosis and have introduced less invasive approaches for treating these very young patients. Our team offers MAGEC™ (MAGnetic Expansion Control)—a specialized procedure that allows children to have their spines aligned without repeated surgeries to adjust implanted growing rods. We also offer vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib (VEPTR), growing rods, and spinal stapling for young people with scoliosis.
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Working with experts in pediatric pulmonary medicine, pediatric cardiology, and pediatric endocrinology, among many others, we are able to offer your child comprehensive, coordinated care in a single building. Our care team also includes certified Child Life specialists, who are specifically trained to guide children and their families through the complexities of surgery and follow-up care.
NewYork-Presbyterian Och Spine Hospital is internationally recognized for our specialized care of children and adults with spinal deformities. Our doctors have advanced training in complex spinal deformity surgery, especially reconstructive surgery, and often perform more complicated procedures than surgeons at other hospitals.
Severe Kyphosis (Before and After)
Our spine experts are leaders in the field and treat a range of spinal deformities, including:
Our surgeon-in-chief pioneered the classification system used worldwide for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, and the use of "thoracic pedicle screws" and other surgical devices used to correct spinal deformities. Our care of people with spinal deformities includes:
NewYork-Presbyterian Och Spine Hospital is internationally recognized as a leading facility for the treatment of spinal tumors. Our neurosurgical spine team cares for people with primary and metastatic tumors of the vertebrae and spinal cord, combining surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and/or stereotactic radiosurgery. They may use spinal stabilization and, minimally invasive spine surgery to treat spinal tumors, preserving spinal nerve function and improving patients’ quality of life.
Cervical Tumor (Before and After)
We care for people with spinal tumors such as:
NewYork-Presbyterian Och Spine Hospital brings together experts in trauma care, orthopedics, neurosurgery, and physiatry to treat injuries to the vertebrae, spinal cord, and nearby nerves.
Injuries to the spine can range from mild strains like whiplash to debilitating spinal cord injuries. Our experts care for people with injuries from trauma and vertebral fractures from osteoporosis, including:
The way we treat spinal injuries depends on the type of injury and the degree of instability. Many spinal fractures heal with conservative treatment. However, severe fractures may require surgery to realign the bones. Our experts also have extensive training and experience with minimally invasive spinal surgery and state-of-the-art technologies to treat spinal cord injuries.
To request an appointment with a specialist, please call 844-697-2229.
