
01/11/2023
Some more fantastic work from our teams 👏🏼👏🏼 Well done everyone!
Salford Royal has become the first hospital in the UK to carry out an endoscope assisted lumbar fusion.
Lumbar fusion is a complex surgical procedure that reports an average hospital stay ranging from 2 to 7 days.
The surgery which took around 3 hours was performed using a minimally invasive technique that involved a tiny incision and allows for minimal damage to the bony structures of the spine and the muscles around it.
In addition, using this technique means that the patient’s post operative pain is much less as compared to more traditional open surgery and as a result, in this case the patient was able to be safely sent home to recover just 6 hours after surgery.