A new endoscopic technique revolutionizes back surgery at the Franciscans

Depuis quelques mois, le chirurgien orthopédique Sébastien Trincat pratique l'endoscopie rachidienne.

Moins invasive, elle permet une récupération plus rapide après des interventions sur la colonne vertébrale.

C’is a new surgical technique which "will significantly improve the management of degenerative lumbar pathologies. For patients as well as for the surgeon, explains Doctor Sébastien Trincat, orthopedic surgeon, specialist in arthroscopy and spinal surgery, who now offers "biportal spinal endoscopy" at the Les Franciscaines private hospital.

"A first in Nîmes, he congratulates himself. But the technique arrived in France a few years ago already under the aegis of doctors Pellet, Lonjon and Challali. Used in Korea of the South for twenty years, it is now booming in Europe, and particularly in France.

A less invasive technique that allows better recovery.

A minimally invasive technique

The principle: "It’is a minimally invasive arthroscopic approach, as for knee or shoulder surgeries’ quot;,explains Sébastien Trincat. It is used in interventions at the spinal level, "herniated disc or decompression of the lumbar canal that is too narrow, for example, and reduces the invasive nature of the surgical approaches&quot ;.

The surgeon makes two centrimetric incisions to access the spine through which a camera and instruments are introduced. "We thus have a mobility which allows us to reach places normally difficult to access even with an open focus, he explains.

Less pain

For the patient, the benefits are multiple: muscle preservation, reduced infectious risks "thanks to working in an aqueous environment in continuous flow" and much better post-operative recovery. "We note less pain, better healing and faster functional recovery" therefore a reduced duration of hospitalization.

"Patients can return to professional life and sport more quickly", specifies Sébastien Trincat who hopes in the long term "extend the technique to broader indications based on scientific data."