Life After Laminectomy: Rehabilitation and Long-Term Success
A laminectomy is one of the most common back surgeries. It is a surgical procedure used to increase the space within the spinal canal by removing the lamina from the vertebral arch, also known as decompression surgery. Laminectomies can be performed in the cervical, thoracic or lumbar regions of the spine and may also be performed concurrently with a spinal fusion, which permanently joins two or more vertebrae together. This surgical procedure is done when more conservative treatments like medication...
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Prevention and Wellness: Comprehensive Spine Center’s Tips for Spine Health
Maintaining a healthy spine is crucial for overall well-being and mobility. A strong, flexible spine supports the body, allows for a wide range of movements, and protects the spinal cord—a key part of the central nervous system. Being of such importance, how can you keep your spine in tip-top shape? Equally essential, what are the signs of potential problems? We’ve compiled these tips to help you maintain spine health and improve it if necessary. Why Is Spine Health So Important?...
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What is Fusion vs. Artificial Disc?
New Jersey Brain and Spine's Dr. Khan discusses fusion vs. artificial discs, shedding light on these treatments.
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What is Spinal Fusion?
In this video, New Jersey Brain and Spine's Dr. Khan discusses spinal fusion, shedding light on this treatment, common problems and recovery.
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xvision marks the spot: Groundbreaking augmented reality technology makes surgeries easier, faster, and safer
Not all heroes wear capes – at New Jersey Brain & Spine, they have scrubs instead to go with their X-ray vision. What is the Surgical AR System? Neurosurgeons and practice co-founders Patrick A. Roth, MD, and Roy D. Vingan, MD, have joined an elite group of U.S. physicians to use new augmented reality (AR) technology, making them the first in the Garden State to offer more accurate and personalized implant placement. The FDA-cleared Augmedics xvision Spine System is the...
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New Jersey Brain and Spine Neurosurgeons Become First Physicians in New Jersey to Use New Augmented Reality Technology
Augmented reality headset gives surgeons "x-ray vision" during procedures for accurate and personalized implant placement while keeping their eyes on their patients HACKENSACK, N.J., July 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- New Jersey Brain and Spine (NJBS) is now offering a new standard of advanced spine surgery to patients state-wide. Two NJBS surgeons have recently become New Jersey's first physicians to successfully treat patients with new technology, which allows surgeons to see anatomy as if they have "x-ray vision." In December 2023, Patrick A. Roth, MD, and Roy D. Vingan, MD,...
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What is Chiari Malformation?
In this video, Dr. Roth discusses Chiari Malformation, shedding light on this condition and its treatments that should only be done by experienced neurosurgeons who are skilled in all available treatments.
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Radio host makes airwaves with stroke – and complete recovery
Today, Marisol Vargas is the mother of a vivacious 2½-year-old. But in 2019, she ended up permanently on a daily baby aspirin regimen after suffering a stroke that brought her to from one medical center to Hackensack University Medical Center by helicopter. Her carotid artery was completely blocked, which can lead to potentially devastating stroke even in young patient. There, she had a special brain scan from Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute neurosurgeon Reza Karimi, M.D., who was then able to treat her...
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Practice pioneers new aneurysm technology for riskiest brain aneurysms
Not all brain aneurysms are the same. Nor are all surgeons and practices. Out of over 1,000 neurological medical centers in the country, the vascular neurosurgery team at New Jersey Brain and Spine was selected to participate in the Citadel embolization device study. The minimally invasive approach for brain aneurysms varies from a more common coil treatment to one that’s more like a ribbon shape. A coil treatment for a brain aneurysm is a minimally invasive procedure that blocks blood...
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