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Spine Center

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The UCSF Spine Center is one of the largest centers of its kind in the country, treating 10,000 patients a year. It brings together world-renowned specialists in neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, neurology, psychiatry and other specialties to design the most effective treatment for each patient's condition. The team includes experts in cancer, pain management, physical therapy, radiation oncology and rheumatology.

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Our services

Our services include:

  • Minimally invasive cervical and lumbar techniques
  • Motion-sparing surgery, such as artificial disc replacement
  • Complex revision spine surgery
  • Innovative surgical techniques for spinal tumors
  • Computerized three-dimensional surgery
  • Noninvasive radiosurgery using CyberKnife
  • New treatments and opportunities for patients to participate in clinical trials to test them

We also offer a Spine Tumor Board, which reviews challenging spinal tumor cases every month, and a Spine Rapid Case Review service for urgent conditions that can't wait for the monthly tumor board.

Our patients have access to the most up-to-date imaging technologies for diagnosing spinal disorders and to innovative treatments that are not widely available – for example, the lateral paramedian transpedicular technique, developed by a UCSF surgeon for removing cervical tumors previously thought to be inoperable.

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    Decorative Caduceus

    Prospective Evaluation of Complex Adult Spinal Deformity (CAD) Treated With Minimally Invasive ...

    Scoliosis specific patient reported outcome

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    Decorative Caduceus

    Radiographic and Clinical Evaluation of Surgical Treatment for Cervical Deformity: A Multi-Cent...

    Self-reported pain in Head where 0=no pain/10=severe pain

    Recruiting

    Decorative Caduceus

    Complex Adult Deformity Surgery (CADS)

    Scoliosis specific patient reported outcome

    Recruiting

    Decorative Caduceus

    The Ailliance Post-Market Clinical Study

    Defined by amount of: 1) blood loss (mL) during surgery and/or 2) total operation time and/or 3) length of stay in the hospital (measured from surgery completion to discharge), and/or 4) investigator opinion on whether the device(...

    Recruiting

    Decorative Caduceus

    Optic Nerve Stimulation To Prevent Visual Deficits After Endoscopic Cranial Approaches

    Patients that received our intervention will be evaluated post operatively for regular standard of care six weeks post-operatively. During visual evaluation, the PI of this study will determine post-operative visual field and visu...

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    Decorative Caduceus

    Open-label Placebo (COLP) for Pain in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) Surgery+Surgical Tr...

    Oral morphine equivalents (OMEs) are values that represent the potency of an opioid dose relative to morphine. Using OMEs provides a standardized method for converting between various opiate medications. Each oral opioid dose is a...

    Recruiting

    Decorative Caduceus

    ICG Angiogram as a Predictor of Postoperative Visual Function After EEA Surgery

    The investigators will evaluate the percentage of participants that present with decreased of visual acuity and any modality of visual field defect after the surgery. Postoperative visual acuity and visual field testing will be pe...

    Recruiting

    Awards & recognition

    • U S News and World Report badge recognizing UCSF as part of its 2024-2025 Honor Roll

      Among the top hospitals in the nation

    • U S News and World Report badge recognizing UCSF as number 3 in the country for neurology and neurosurgery for 2024 to 2025

      Best in the West and No. 3 in the nation for neurology & neurosurgery

    • One of the nation's best for orthopedic care

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    Special programs

    Spine Rapid Case Review

    The Spine Center at UCSF Health provides a rapid case review, within 48 hours of submission, to evaluate complex, challenging spine tumor cases.

    Spine Tumor Board

    The UCSF Spine Center holds a monthly Spine Tumor Board to review challenging cases involving primary tumors of the spine and that have spread to the spine.

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