Back pain is one of the most common reasons for health care visits. Fortunately, most back pain responds to conservative treatment.

For conditions that require surgery, Duke patients benefit from the experience of surgeons who perform thousands of procedures each year.

Our patients travel from across the country and from around the world in order to experience the quality of medicine that Duke delivers.

Conditions

The following is a list of conditions we treat. Click a link to learn more about the condition.

• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Basilar invagination
• Cervical and lumbar herniated disks
• Chordoma
• Cranial settling
• Degenerative disk disease (DDD) and other degenerative conditions
• Facet joint osteoarthritis
• Kyphosis
• Low back and neck pain
• Myelopathy
• Platybasia
• Primary and metastatic spinal column (bony) tumors
• Scoliosis
• Spinal cord trauma
• Spinal cord tumors
• Spinal dysraphism
• Spinal fractures
• Spinal stenosis
• Spondylolisthesis
• Spondylosis
• Thoracic disks

Treatments

The following is a list of treatments we offer. Click a link to learn more about the treatment.

• Anterior cervical discectomy
• Anterior lumbar interbody fusion
• Cervical and lumbar disk replacement
• Cervical foraminotomy
• Complex spinal reconstruction
• Comprehensive physical therapy programs
• Epidural steroid injections
• Facet injections
• Kyphoplasty
• Laminectomy
• Lumbar microdiscectomy
• Minimally invasive spine surgery
• Nerve blocks
• Pain pumps
• Spinal cord stimulators
• Spinal deformity correction
• Spinal fusion
• Spinal osteotomy
• Spinal radiosurgery
• Vertebroplasty

Appointments and Referrals

For help navigating Duke Spine Center resources, call 1-888-ASK DUKE.

Physicians

Physicians offering this service include:

• Bagley, Carlos A.
  
  • Surgery / Neurosurgery
• Brown, Christopher R.
  
  • Surgery / Orthopaedic Surgery
• Fitch, Robert D.
  
  • Surgery / Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Pediatrics / Orthopaedics
• Haglund, Michael M.
  
  • Surgery / Neurosurgery
• Hardaker, William T. Jr.
  
  • Surgery / Orthopaedic Surgery
• Isaacs, Robert E.
  
  • Surgery / Neurosurgery
• Minchew, Joe T.
  
  • Surgery / Orthopaedic Surgery
• Patel, Prerana N.
  
  • Surgery / Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Pediatrics / Orthopaedics
• Rahn, Karyn W.
  
  • Surgery / Orthopaedic Surgery
• Richardson, William J.
  
  • Surgery / Orthopaedic Surgery
• Turner, Dennis A.
  
  • Surgery / Neurosurgery

Locations

This service is available at:

• Duke Neurosciences/Spine
  Duke Clinic 1L, 200 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710
• Duke Orthopaedics
  Duke Clinic 1F, 200 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710
• Durham Regional Hospital
  3643 Roxboro Road, Durham, NC 27704
• Lenox Baker Children's Hospital
  3000 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27705
• North Carolina Orthopaedic Clinic
  3609 Watkins Road, Durham, NC 27707