Minimally Invasive Interventional Spine Pain Management

False Creek Surgical Centre offers comprehensive evaluation and treatment for patients with disorders related to the back and neck as part of a complete interventional spine program. We utilize state-of-the-art imaging and testing facilities, an interdisciplinary approach, and advanced medical technology to provide world-class spine care for our patients. The expertise of our physicians combined with advanced diagnostic, non-surgical and surgical services make False Creek Surgical Centre one of the most sophisticated and comprehensive facilities in the country.

Our professionals specialize in non-invasive management of spine disorders.

Services include:

• Injection protocols
• Selective nerve root blocks
• Transforaminal epidural injections
• Intra-articular facet injections
• Medial Branch Blocks
• Sacro-iliac joint injections
• Hip joint injections
• Juxta-articular synovial cyst aspiration and rupture
• Advanced Minimally Invasive Interventions
• Percutaneous Discectomy
• Radiofrequency Neurotomy
• Vertebroplasty
• Discography
• Physical therapy program design
• Pain management
• On-site state-of-the-art testing and imaging
• CT
• MRI
• Fluoroscopy
• EMG / Nerve Conduction evaluation

Commonly treated spinal conditions include:

• Intervertebral Degenerative Disc Disease
• “Internal Disc Disruption Syndrome”
• “Discogenic Pain”
• Facet joint pain
• “Zygapophyseal Joint Arthropathy”
• Nerve Root Pain
• “Sciatica”
• “Pinched Nerve”
• Spinal Stenosis
• Spondylolisthesis / Spondylolysis
• Sacro-iliac Joint Dysfunction
• Piriformis syndrome
• Juxta-articular spinal cysts
• Whiplash Associated Disorders (WAD)

We rely on conservative measures whenever possible, avoiding surgery when feasible. Surgery will be advised only when non-operative care cannot achieve the desired results.