Kern Singh, M.D.

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Have you been told you need an open fusion for your slipped disk (spondylolisthesis)? Get a second opinion for a minimally invasive fusion! Hear from an actual patient! Kern Singh, M.D.Midwest Orthopaedics at RUSHRush University Medical CenterSpondylolisthesis (Anterolisthesis/Retrolisthesis) Support

Have you been told you need a multi-level open fusion? Get a second opinion with an expert in minimally invasive spine surgery! Listen to this patient who underwent a 3 level minimally invasive fusion and is now pain free! Richard Amburgey Midwest Orthopaedics at RUSH

Have you been told that you are not a candidate for an artificial cervical disc replacement? Have you been told that your only option is a cervical fusion with plate and screws? Get a second opinion by someone that has extensive experience with disc replacements and publishes their results!

5 different applications of spinal endoscopy (UBE) in one day at our outpatient surgery center: far lateral hnp, facet cyst excision with bilateral partial facetecotmy, interlaminar L5-S1 mcd, adjacent level to a prior fusion with a massive L2-3 HNP, and a revision laminectomy with neurolysis. All done as an outpatient efficiently in a cost effective manner.

I am often told that MIS Spine surgery and a TLIF cannot generate lordosis. I would challenge that thinking especially with a bilateral tubular complete facetectomy and subtotal diskectomy coupled with a near complete annular release. nothing fancy just 2 20mm tubes and a c-arm. I call this procedure a Posterior ALIF. I have few indications to go anterior despite having a phenomenal access surgeon. This patient was discharged 2 hrs after surgery as an outpatient.

I have been told dogmatically that full endo shines in far lateral disc herniations and that biportal endoscopy struggles. honestly i have not found this to be the case. Here is a patient with a large far lateral L4-5 HNP with severe L4 exiting nerve root compression. At the end of the diskectomy the L4 nerve root and kambin’s triangle is seen. This is not an argument of UBE versus full endo but rather a conversation about maximizing value, improving patient care and access all while reducing costs.

This patient is a world famous physician with a large cervical C7-T1 HNP with severe neuroforaminal stenosis causing weakness in the arm. I treated him with a biportal outpatient posterior cervical foraminotomy and diskectomy done in our surgery center. He was discharged less than 2 hrs after the procedure. The importance of this case is the ability to provide state of the art care to patients at a minimal expense. The total supply costs were less than $200 and I used a zero degree shoulder scope. I continue to challenge endoscopic companies to reduce their price points if they want their technology to become truly mainstream in the surgery center environment

Endoscopic spine surgery has become an essential component of my practice. At this point almost all of my posterior cervical, thoracic and lumbar lamis and disks are done endoscopically. Watch this patient’s journey from a traditional laminectomy to an endoscopic one where after he walked 10 miles at the Master’s! Thank you NBC5 news! https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-surgeon-utilizing-new-technique-for-outpatient-endoscopic-spine-surgery/3416056/

Nothing more satisfying than taking out a massive disc herniation endoscopically! Even more gratifying and humbling is when your former spine fellow now a spine surgeon sends you his future brother in law. No greater compliment than when a prior trainee trusts you with their family member. My motto to everyone in the OR assisting me is that the person on the table is someone’s mother, father, brother or sister.

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One of the most special compliments given to a surgeon is when a former trainee and well regarded spine surgeon refers you a patient. Even more special is when that patient is a world famous Orthopedic Surgeon and the Chair of a renowned University. Fortunately, I was able to provide an outpatient ultra minimally invasive endoscopic diskectomy. Instantaneous relief! So much so that the patient was at the mall 4 hrs later a asking when they could take Trauma Call again!