Japan Medical & Health Tourism Center (JMHC) is a medical coordinator established by the JTB Group, Japan's largest travel agency.

Program Details

Information about medical programs provided by each healthcare institution, including treatment details, schedules, and costs.

  • Kinki / Shiga
  • 整形外科

Full-Endoscopic Spine Surgery:FESS method

It is a generic term for minimally invasive surgery performed using a thin endoscope with a diameter of 7 mm, which requires a small skin incision and is gentle on the body.
It is used for decompression surgery of the cervical and lumbar spine. Day surgery is possible.

A ① guide wire is placed in the disc, a ② dilator is placed along it, and an 8 mm ③ trocar is placed over it.
This completes the surgical preparation. An endoscope ④ is placed inside ③ and then forceps and drills ⑤ are placed inside it to approach the herniation, vertebral arch, and ligaments.
The surgery takes approximately one hour. Because of the minimally invasive procedure, most patients are able to walk home about 3 hours after the surgery.

Providing Medical Institution

OHMI Sebone Clinic

〒523-0892
233-2 Demachi, Omihachiman City, Shiga Prefecture
Specialty
●Lumbar disc herniation  
●Lumbar spinal canal stenosis
●Lumbar vertebral canal stenosis
●Lumbar spoindylolisthesis・spondylolysis・spondylolytic spondylolisthesis
●Compression fracture  
●Cervical myelopathy ・Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament
●Cervical radiculopathy  
●Ossification of yellow ligament of thoracic spine
Eligibility Criteria/Exclusions for Treatment
= Target diseases and medical conditions ●Lumbar disc herniation   ●Lumbar spinal canal stenosis ●Lumbar vertebral canal stenosis ●Lumbar spoindylolisthesis・spondylolysis・spondylolytic spondylolisthesis  ●Cervical radiculopathy