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Robotic spine surgery, artificial disc replacement and motion preservation, complex revision and spinal deformity surgery from Dr. Robert J. Ames, a fellowship-trained spine surgeon in Sewell and Cherry Hill, NJ.
Philosophy
Non-surgical care always comes first. Most back and neck problems improve with physical therapy, medication, activity modification and, when needed, spinal injections. Surgery is reserved when those interventions haven’t worked, or a nerve or the spinal cord is truly at risk. If surgery is needed, I match the procedure to your anatomy, using the least invasive operation that will fully treat the problem.
Precision Tools, Smaller Incisions.
“We always look at the MRI together. My patients leave knowing what is causing their pain and why a treatment will work.”
Dr. Robert J. Ames is a fellowship-trained orthopedic spine surgeon at Virtua Reconstructive Orthopaedics. Physical therapy, medication and injections come first; surgery is for when they haven't worked, and then the least invasive operation that will fully treat the problem.