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Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery (MIS)

What is MIS?

Minimal invasive spine surgery or keyhole surgery refers to techniques that require a very small surgical incision as compared to routine surgical techniques. Both decompression alone and decompression with fusion using implants can be done through this technique. It requires special sets of instruments and is generally done under a microscope.

Main advantages of MIS are

  • Small post operative scar
  • Less damage to soft tissues
  • Less blood loss
  • Less post operative pain
  • Early mobilisation after the surgery
  • Shorter hospital stay

Types of MIS

  • Microdiscectomy
  • Laminotomy
  • MIS-TLIF
  • MIS – Splintage surgery

Common indications for MIS include

  • Leg pain/sciatica due to disc prolapse (slip disc)
  • Lumbar spine stenosis with leg pains/claudication
  • Spinal instability
  • Fractures/infections of spine