Advanced, personalized treatment for back pain in the Dallas area
Back pain is the second most common cause of missed workdays due to illness and the most common cause of disability.
Centro médico de la Universidad Baylor, part of Baylor Scott & White Health, offers advanced, personalized treatment for back pain. Our multidisciplinary medical approach integrates experienced physicians on the medical staff with advanced technologies and pioneering research to provide innovative patient care.
At Baylor University Medical Center, patients have access to physicians and surgeons on our medical staff, including:
- Neurologists
- Neurocirujanos
- Orthopedic surgeons
- Especialistas en manejo del dolor
- Médicos de medicina física y rehabilitación
- Physical and occupational therapists
Back and spine conditions treated
Our experts provide both surgical and non-surgical treatment for spine conditions that include but are not limited to:
- Arthritis of the spine (Osteoartritis, rheumatoid)
- Espuelas óseas y crecimiento excesivo
- Enfermedad degenerativa del disco (cervical, torácica, lumbar)
- Discos herniados (cervical, torácico, lumbar)
- Dolor miofascial (inflamación de los músculos y ligamentos)
- Osteoporosis de la columna vertebral
- Nervios pellizcados
- Ciática
- Escoliosis
- Deformidades espinales (escoliosis, cifosis)
- Lesiones de la médula
- Estenosis espinal (estrechamiento del canal espinal)
- Tumores de la columna vertebral
Diagnostic tools to find the cause of your back pain
Finding the root cause of pain, and specifically pinpointing the cause for back pain, can be difficult because there are so many possible causes. Our specialists use advanced equipment to quickly find the source of your pain, including:
- Rayos X del cuello
- Rayos X de la columna torácica
- Rayos X de la columna lumbosacra
- Exploración tomográfica axial computarizada (CT o CAT scan)
- Resonancia magnética de la columna lumbosacra
- MRI de columna vertebral
- Mielograma
- Discectomía
- Electromiograma (EMG)
- Radiografía
Our goal is to provide effective and safe treatment that allows patients to return to an active lifestyle as soon as possible.
Back pain treatment options
Nonsurgical treatment options
Often, the best solution to back pain is nonsurgical. Baylor University Medical Center offers a comprehensive program of rehabilitation and physical therapy, including:
- Tracción de descompresión
- Programas de ejercicios
- Gimnasio
- Inyecciones puntuales
- Inyecciones de Botox
- Programas de fortalecimiento del trabajo
- Terapia de Masajes
Enfoques quirúrgicos avanzados
Sometimes, surgery is determined to be the procedure that will result in the best outcome. The neurological and orthopedic surgeons on the medical staff of Baylor University Medical Center have advanced training in the latest technology and focus on minimally invasive surgical procedures. Treatment methods focus on reducing surgical trauma and pain and accelerating recovery.
Procedures include, but are not limited to:
- Reemplazo de disco artificial
- Discectomía cervical anterior
- Fusión de la columna vertebral del injerto óseo
- Cifoplastia y vertebroplastia
- Discectomía lumbar posterior
- Descompresión lumbar posterior / laminectomía
- Fusión de la columna vertebral (anterior y posterior)
- Cirugía reconstructiva
- Estimulador de la médula espinal / terapia de neuromodulación
- X-Stop®
Tratamiento del dolor intervencionista
A broad range of interventional pain management procedures are also available for the treatment of back and neck pain. Options include minimally invasive, nonsurgical procedures designed to treat, not mask, the problem. Interventional pain management procedures include:
- Procedimientos diagnósticos y terapéuticos del bloqueo neural
- Inyecciones epidurales de esteroides
- Procedimientos neurolíticos
- Bloques simpáticos
- Termocoagulación por radiofrecuencia
- Crioneurolisis
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Reconocimientos
- Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas has been nationally recognized by U.S. News & World Report in its "Best Hospitals" rankings as one of the nation's top programs
- Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas is also a Blue Distinction Center for spine surgery*
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