Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Minimally invasive spine surgery treats spine conditions through smaller incisions than traditional open surgery, using specialized instruments and imaging to reach the problem while disturbing less muscle and tissue. For the right patient, that can mean less pain after surgery, a shorter hospital stay, and a faster return to normal activity.
Conservative care comes first
Surgery is recommended only after conservative options have been considered, and always with a clear explanation of why, what's involved, and what recovery looks like. Most patients with back or neck pain improve with physical medicine, therapy, and interventional pain treatment, and many of our surgical consultations end with a non-surgical plan.
Surgery is usually considered when nerve compression is causing progressive weakness or numbness, when pain has not responded to several months of conservative treatment, or when imaging shows instability or spinal cord compression that puts function at risk. Because Dr. Oni-Orisan works alongside the practice's pain and neurology physicians, your history, imaging, and test results are already in one place when you meet him.
Spine conditions treated
Spine procedures
Minimally invasive decompression
Laminectomy, discectomy, and foraminotomy remove the bone or disc material pressing on a nerve or the spinal cord.
Cervical and lumbar fusion
Joins two or more vertebrae so they heal as one, to stabilize a segment that is unstable or causing pain.
Artificial disc replacement
Replaces a damaged disc with an implant designed to preserve motion at that level, as an alternative to fusion for selected patients.
Brain and cerebrovascular neurosurgery
Dr. Oni-Orisan's fellowship training is in open cerebrovascular, skull base, and neuro-endovascular surgery. In addition to spine care, he evaluates and treats brain aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, carotid disease, acoustic neuromas, skull base tumors, trigeminal neuralgia, Chiari malformation, and traumatic brain injury.
What to expect at your consultation
Bring any MRI, CT, or X-ray images and reports, a list of treatments you've tried, and your medications. Dr. Oni-Orisan will examine you, review the images with you, and explain whether surgery is likely to help, what the options are, and what recovery would involve. If surgery isn't the right answer, he'll coordinate with the rest of the team on a conservative plan.
Your surgeon
Where this service is offered
Valencia, CA 91355Office details → Tarzana5225 Lindley Ave, Fl 2
Tarzana, CA 91356Office details → Santa Barbara2323 De La Vina St, Ste 205
Santa Barbara, CA 93105Office details → Sacramento500 Capitol Mall #2350
Sacramento, CA 95814Office details →
Spine surgery consultations are offered at these four offices.
Insurance
We accept PPO plans and Medicare at our Southern California offices. Patients injured in an accident can be treated on a lien basis at any office, and workers' compensation cases are reviewed case by case. Our Sacramento office treats patients on a lien basis only.
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) treatments are cash-pay. Call or text 424-301-7090 and our team will check your coverage before your visit, so you know what to expect.