Philadelphia Surgery Center

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40°0′22″N 75°15′37″W﻿ / ﻿40.00611°N 75.26028°W﻿ / 40.00611; -75.26028 The Philadelphia Surgery Center is a medical facility in Narberth, Pennsylvania, that specializes in small-scale endoscopic spine surgery for the treatment of spinal stenosis and herniated or fragmented spinal discs.

Hospital in Pennsylvania, USA

Philadelphia Surgery Center

Geography
Location| Narberth, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Organisation
Care system| Private Ambulatory Care Facility
Type| Specialist
Services
Standards| Certified by AAAHC, State License #23291501
Beds| 5
Speciality| Spine Surgery
History
Opened| December 2013
Links
Website| www.philadelphiasurgerycenter.com

## History

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The Philadelphia Surgery Center was founded in 2013.[1][2] The large facility was newly built and opened in December 2013, and was the first medical facility in the Eastern United States to offer ultra-small endoscopic spine surgery to treat spinal stenosis and herniated or fragmented discs.

## Facility and current operations

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The Philadelphia Surgery Center is a two operating-room, five recovery-bed, facility, licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, and accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.[3][4][5] Problems of pain, numbness or weakness (sciatica) caused by the pinching of spinal nerves by bulging, herniated, extruded or free fragmented discs (possibly causing spinal stenosis) are treated there.[6][7][8][9][10] To avoid surgical harm and the lasting ill effects common after typical spine surgery, surgeons at the centre use a very small scope that fits through existing, natural windows in the spine, instead of cutting and making new openings.[11][12][13][14] The methodology for doing ultra-small endoscopic spine surgery was developed in California.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]

## References

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1. ^ "Philadelphia Surgery Center Opens in Narberth, PA". Retrieved 10 April 2018.
2. ^ Pallardy, Carrie. "Dr. David Ditsworth Opens Philadelphia Spine Surgery Center". www.beckersasc.com. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
3. ^ "Pennsylvania Department of Health programs, services and health information". Department of Health. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
4. ^ "AAAHC leads in ambulatory healthcare accreditation". www.aaahc.org. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
5. ^ "Deficiency and Correction form" (PDF). sais.health.pa.gov. March 25, 2018. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
6. ^ 7 cases with previous surgeries and free fragments: 100% success with average of 16 weeks follow-up. IITS 2007 France
7. ^ "Lumbar Fusion Candidates" Avoid Fusion (Long Term Follow-up). Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Spine 2007, San Diego
8. ^ Book Chapter - Decision Making in Spinal Care - Chapter 63
9. ^ Non-traumatic Transforaminal Endoscopic Approach to the Lumbar Spinal Canal for Removal of Migrated Free Fragments. IITS 2006, Phoenix
10. ^ Double Approach Small Non Traumatic Discectomy in L4/L5 and L5/S1 True Central Disc Herniations: No Access Surgical Trauma, Better Results. CNS 2004 San Francisco
11. ^ Paramedian Small Endoscopic L5-S1 Discectomy. CNS 2002 Philadelphia
12. ^ Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy: Small, Soft Scope Technique. Spine & Peripheral Nerves Section 2001 American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons abstract compilation.
13. ^ "Endoscopic Transforaminal Lumbar Discectomy and Reconfiguration: A Postero-lateral Approach Into The Spinal Canal" Surgical Neurology. Volume 49, Number 6. pp.588-598 June 1998.
14. ^ "A New Superior Technique for Removal of Herniated Lumbar Discs," The Canadian Journal of Neurological Science. Volume 22, Number 2. May 1995.
15. ^ "Back Institute - Safest, most effective procedure for herniated disc, sciatica, back pain". www.backinstitute.com. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
16. ^ Nano Endoscopic Approach for Central Lumbar Disc Herniations. The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery in Boca Raton, FL USA | April 12–14, 2017.
17. ^ Removal of Disc Fragments from the Lumbar Spinal Canal Without Normal Anatomy Disruption. Spine Summit 2016. The 32nd Annual Meeting of the Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, March 2016. Orlando Florida.
18. ^ Paramedian, Zero Trauma Approach Through the Ligamentum Flavum for Extruded Disc Herniations in the Lumbar Spine. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Sep 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana
19. ^ Endoscopic Anterior Cervical Discectomy Without Fusion Through a Two Millimeter Opening. The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery Annual Meeting, May 2014. Miami Florida.
20. ^ Non-Traumatic Approach Through the Ligamentum Flavum for Extruded Disc Herniations in the Lumbar Spine. 30th Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Orlando, FL, March 5–8, 2014.
21. ^ Book Chapter - Decision Making in Spinal Care - Chapter 61
22. ^ Successful Unifactorial Treatment of Multifactorial Spinal Stenosis. The Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Annual Meeting. September 2012, Miami, Florida.
23. ^ Multifactorial Lumbar Stenosis Treated Successfully with Primary Factor Treatment Only. The 2012 AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerve Annual Meeting , Mar 2012. Orlando Florida.
24. ^ "Lumbar Fusion Candidates" Avoid Fusion: Long Term Follow-up. The Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2011 Annual Meeting, Oct 2011.