The Neurosurgical Spine Service at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital provides comprehensive patient care for the full spectrum of spinal disorders, ranging from herniated discs to complex spinal reconstruction for tumors and deformity.
Our service brings together the expertise of world-renowned specialists in neurosurgery, orthopedics, neurology, pain management and other specialties to create a multi-disciplinary approach to patient evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation.
Minimally invasive spinal techniques as well as innovative open surgery are utilized in a tailored approach to provide the best treatment options for our patients. The Neurosurgical Spine Service at BWH also collaborates with the physicians and resources of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical Institutes.
PHYSICIANS
John H. Chi, M.D., M.P.H.
Sagun K. Tuli, M.D., MSc, FRCSC
CONDITIONS
Degenerative disc disease (DDD)
Disc herniation, including cervical, thoracic and lumbar
Stenosis, including cervical and lumbar
Spondylosis, cervical and lumbar
Neck pain
Back pain
Flatback syndrome
Kyphosis, including post-surgical and osteoporotic
Scoliosis, including adult degenerative and post-surgical
Primary Spinal Tumors
Metastatic spinal Tumors
Intradural spinal cord and nerve sheath tumors.
Spinal Fractures and Infections
Acute and sub-acute spinal fractures
Spinal cord injury
Compression fracture, osteoporotic or malignant
Osteomyelitis/discitis
SERVICES
Minimally invasive spine surgery
Endoscopic discetomy/laminectomy
Percutaneous pedicle instrumentation
Mini-open interbody fusion
Percutaneous vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty
Inter-spinous process expansion (X-STOP)
Motion-sparing surgery
Artificial disc replacement
Cervical arthroplasty
Dynamic stabilization
Complex Reconstruction and Deformity Correction
Pedicle subtraction osteotomy (PSO)
Smith-Peterson osteotomy (SPO)
Vertebral Column Resection (VCR)
Spinal Tumor Surgery
Transpedicular corpectomy
Vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty
Transpedicular biopsy
En-bloc spondylectomy and sacrectomy
For more information and to contact the Spine Center, please call: 617-732-6600
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