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Conditions We Treat
The Spine Hospital at Mount Sinai offers state-of-the-art evaluation and treatment of disorders of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. We specialize in initial evaluations and treatment of disc disease and disc herniation, spinal stenosis, fractures, tumors, inflammatory conditions, myelopathy, radiculopathy, infections, scoliosis, kyphosis, and failed back.
Spine Conditions and Disorders
Working closely with physiatrists, physical therapists, and specialists in pain management, our physicians offer surgical and nonsurgical evaluation and management of many disorders, including:
Cervical Spine / Neck Conditions
- Cervical myelopathy
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Degenerative disc disease
- Disc herniations
- Infections
- Neck and arm pain (herniated disc/stenosis)
- Neck fractures
- Rheumatoid arthritis of cervical spine
- Spinal cord injury
- Spinal deformities
- Stenosis
- Spondylosis / Neck arthritis
Thoracic Spine / Mid-back Conditions
- Degenerative disc disease
- Degenerative adult scoliosis
- Disc herniations
- Fractures
- Infections
- Kyphosis
- Scoliosis
- Spondylosis / Arthritis
- Stenosis
- Tumors
Lumbar Spine / Lower Back Conditions
- Back and leg pain (herniated disc/stenosis)
- Cauda equina syndrome
- Degenerative adult scoliosis
- Degenerative disc disease
- Disc herniations
- Failed back
- Fractures
- Infections
- Inflammatory conditions
- Paraplegia/quadriplegia
- Radiculopathy
- Sciatica
- Spinal fluid leaks
- Spinal stenosis
- Spinal trauma
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylolysis
- Tumors
Diagnostic Testing for Spine Disorders
We use a variety of diagnostic tests for spine problems, including:
- Bone scans
- CT scans
- Discograms
- Electromyograms
- Facet blocks
- Laboratory tests
- MRI scans
- Myelograms
- Spinal taps
- X-rays