Diagnostic assessment and treatment of disorders of the spine, in particular:

• Disease of the intervertebral disc (discopathy)
• Herniated disc (disc herniation)
• Narrow spinal canal (spinal stenosis, lumbar stenosis, cervical stenosis)
• Facet syndrome
• Synovial cysts
• Spinal instability (lumbar instability, cervical instability)
• Spondylolisthesis
• Deformity of the spine (scoliosis)
• Vertebral fracture (osteoporosis)

Modern techniques of spinal surgery include:

• Microsurgical surgery for herniated disc (nucleotomy, discectomy)
• Decompression of narrow canal (microsurgical decompression of spinal stenosis)
• Spinal stabilization: dynamic (interspinous implants, pedicle screws)
• Spinal fusion (pedicle screws, intervertebral spacers, PLIF, TLIF, ACIF)
• Total disc replacement TDR (disc prosthesis)
• Surgery of osteoporotic fracture
• Diagnostic spinal biopsy
• Discography
• Surgery of tailbone (coccygectomy)
• Quality assessment with validated tests and questionnaires