Spine & Pain Center

The doctors at OSA Orthopaedic’s Spine & Pain Center believe in providing superior and individualized non-surgical and surgical treatment. Every patient’s medical condition and spinal problem is unique thus Dr. Baluch and Dr. Leizman focus on providing the highest quality, patient-specific treatment. Through their approach, the vast majority of patients’ spinal issues can be managed conservatively. However, if further intervention is necessary and indicated, they provide exceptional surgical solutions.

Compression fractures
Spinal fractures
Neck pain
Back pain
Cervical arthritis
Thoracic arthritis
Lumbar arthritis
Cervical disc herniations
Thoracic disc herniations
Lumbar disc herniations
Cervical stenosis
Thoracic stenosis
Lumbar stenosis
Cervical radiculopathy
Lumbar radiculopathy
Cervical myelopathy
Spondylosis
Spondylolysis
Pars fractures
Spondylolisthesis
Sciatica
"Pinched nerves"
"Slipped discs"
And many other spinal conditions

Non-surgical spinal care
Vertebral balloon kyphoplasty
Surgical spinal care
Minimally-invasive surgery
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF)
Anterior cervical corpectomy
Anterior cervical total disc replacement (TDR)
Posterior cervical laminectomy and fusion
Posterior cervical laminoplasty
Posterior cervical foraminotomy
Thoracic laminectomy
Thoracic laminectomy and fusion
Lumbar microdiscectomy
Lumbar laminectomy
Posterior lumbar fusion
Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF)
Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF)
Extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF)

Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures and Vertebral Balloon Kyphoplasty

Compression fractures can occur when one’s bone gets weaker. These fractures may even occur from minimal to no trauma and often cause sudden, severe pain. X-rays are the first step in diagnosis however often an MRI and/or other advanced imaging studies may be necessary to confirm the diagnosis as well as assess for other spinal problems. If indicated, a kyphoplasty can tremendously and rapidly decrease pain from these fractures. This is typically done in the office with local anesthesia. It involves inflating a balloon into the vertebral body and then injecting orthopaedic bone cement into the bone. The cement interdigitates into the cracks of the fracture, somewhat like “gluing” a fracture together. The procedure takes about 15-20 minutes per level treated with typically exceptional pain reduction.