The Spine Center News

August 8, 2010

Back to normal: Minimally invasive procedures help Edward spine patients treat the pain

Dr. Ronjon Paul, a spine surgeon, has performed a variety of minimally invasive procedures for nearly seven years and has taught many of the techniques to more than 200 surgeons in the U.S. and United Kingdom.

Dr. Paul has one of the leading minimally invasive spine practices in the region.  He is one of only a few spine surgeons in the Midwest who perform the XLIF procedure, more of which are performed at Edward than any other hospital in the Chicago area. Dr. Paul often takes referrals from neurosurgeons and orthopedic spine surgeons for their more complicated cases.  His patients have come from all over Chicagoland, downstate Illinois, northwest Indiana, Wisconsin, Louisiana, California, even Taiwan.

Click here to read the full news article in TRIB Local - Naperville

May 27, 2009

Spinal Surgery Workshop

Dr. Ronjon Paul of Spinal Surgery Section was recently asked to be featured at a workshop faculty at a recent course on May 15, 2009, and May 16, 2009, at the Spine Masters Institute in Burr Ridge, Illinois.

Sponsored by the Scoliosis Research Society, the course featured advanced minimally invasive spine surgery skills to spinal surgeons from around the country and abroad, including Brazil, Mexico and Korea.

Of note, Dr. Paul has been involved in teaching four other courses within the past year alone, and has helped teach over 150 surgeons minimally invasive spine surgical techniques. He currently has Chicagoland’s largest minimally invasive lateral access lumbar fusion experience and routinely performs complex lumbar spine reconstructive surgery in this manner.

Dr. Paul flew to England the week of June 1st to lecture and perform surgery at three major medical centers in the London area.

Dr. Paul is currently engaged in a landmark study utilizing Mesenchymal stem cell-based technologies for lumbar fusions via minimally invasive lateral access approaches.

For more information on Dr. Paul, please see Dr. Paul’s biography.

Dr. Paul Conducts eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF) Training Course

Dr. Ronjon Paul conducted an eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF) training course at the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons headquarters in Rosemont, Illinois on February 2, 2008. Neuro and Spinal Surgeons were in attendance from across the Midwest to learn from Dr. Paul how the XLIF procedure for lumbar fusion approaches the spine from the side of the body instead of from the front or back. This approach to the spine is as minimally disruptive as possible and optimizes the patients’ recovery.

Patient benefits for the XLIF procedure are:

• Reduced operative time – Traditional procedures can take up to 5 hours; the XLIF procedure can be successfully completed in as little as 45 minutes, reducing the amount of anesthesia time.
• Reduced blood loss and minimal scarring – Less-invasive procedure allows for less tissue disruption, resulting in reduced blood loss.
• Reduced postoperative pain – The XLIF procedure does not require entry through sensitive back muscles, bones, or ligaments. Many patients are usually walking the same day after surgery.
• Reduced hospital stay – Patients are typically walking the same day after surgery and require only an overnight stay in the hospital, compared to several days of immobility and hospitalization typical of traditional open approaches.
• Rapid return to normal activity – Patients are usually walking the same day after surgery. Recovery is typically around 6 weeks, compared to 6 months or more.

An accomplished XLIF surgeon and an active Society of Lateral Access member, Dr. Paul is the most experienced XLIF physician with the highest volume in the Chicagoland area. He is one of the few physicians hand selected to train in Brazil under the pioneer of the XLIF procedure. Dr. Paul is a proctor for the XLIF classes on the west coast and he also proctored several local training courses for physicians in his peer group. He routinely has surgeons visit his Operating Room to observe the XLIF procedures. Dr. Ronjon Paul practices at The Spine Center of DuPage Medical Group, located at the Edward Medical Physician Center 120 Spalding Drive Naperville, IL, 630 469 9200.

Watch a video about eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF)

 

DuPage Medical Group in Naperville at Edward Medical Physician Center 100 Spalding Drive Naperville, IL 60540 630 967 2225

DuPage Medical Group in Lombard on Highland Ave 1801 S. Highland Avenue Lombard, IL 60148 630 967 2225

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