Dr. Braxton was recently mentioned in the Becker’s Spine Review Article: The spine procedures moving to ASCs
Dr. Navarro: Being a neurosurgeon trained in minimally invasive spine surgery, including endoscopic and disc replacement, I perfectly see those procedures moving toward ASCs in the majority of cases. It just makes sense. Also, awake spinal surgery is a growing field. Ernest Braxton, MD, in Vail, Colo., and some other colleagues, are permitting more elaborate surgeries like MIS-TLIF, ALIF and OLIF and discharging the patient the same day, with very few exceptions when the patient’s condition or comorbidities are not suitable.