For many people with spine disorders or nerve damage, the pain can be unbearable. Depending on the condition, different areas of the body can be affected, including the neck, back, arms and legs. If the pain of a spine disorder keeps you from living the life you love, turn to Lawrence Spine Care for help. Spine surgeon David Fritz, MD, board certified in neurosurgery, will diagnose the source of your pain to determine if spine surgery is the right course of treatment for you. When surgical treatment is recommended, rest assured you will receive high quality surgical care at Lawrence Spine Care – before, during and after your procedure. With more than 20 years of spine surgery expertise, Dr. Fritz specializes in minimally invasive procedures that offer many benefits for patients, including shorter hospital stays and less pain throughout the healing process. He has extensive experience treating adult disorders of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine.. Treatments offered include: •Chronic back pain or neck pain •Lumbar spinal stenosis •Cervical spinal stenosis •Thoracic spinal stenosis •Degenerative disc disease •Lumbar herniated disc (lower back) •Cervical disc herniation (neck) •Spondylolisthesis (forward displacement of the vertebrae) •Retrolisthesis (backward displacement of the vertebrae) •Spondylolysis •Bone spurs •Nerve damage •Spine tumors •Myelopathy (compression of the spinal cord) •Radiculopathy (nerve root injury) •Fractures of the spine •Scoliosis Spine Surgery Procedures include: •Spinal decompression (also known as laminectomy) •Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion •Posterior cervical discectomy and fusion •Lateral discectomy •Lumbar spinal fusion •Cervical spinal fusion •Microdiscectomy •Spinal instrumentation •Spinal stabilization •Corpectomy