The healthcare group is a pioneer in this type of intervention, which is more precise and less invasive for patients.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, January 28, 2025. Hospiten has positioned itself as a pioneer and reference center in the Canary Islands in performing endoscopic spinal surgery throughout the archipelago. With more than three years of experience, and after being the first center in the Canary Islands to develop this procedure, the Minimally Invasive and Endoscopic Spine Surgery Unit in Tenerife has consolidated its position as a leader in this more precise and less aggressive treatment for patients.
In the words of Dr. Carlos Valencia, neurosurgeon at Hospiten, "endoscopic spine surgery is a minimally invasive technique that has revolutionized the treatment of various spinal pathologies, such as herniated discs, spinal stenosis and other degenerative conditions. Unlike traditional open surgery, this technique allows the surgeon to access the spine through small incisions, using an endoscope, a thin tube equipped with a camera at its end, which guides the entire procedure."
"Currently, and thanks to the latest advances, there are very few cases of spinal surgery that cannot be resolved by endoscopic intervention. These are patients with complex pathologies or severe deformities. However, with the continuous technological advances, more and more patients are candidates for this type of minimally invasive procedure," he explains.
Among the advantages of this procedure is the faster recovery, which also translates into reduced hospitalization time. "In most cases, patients who undergo surgery can go home the day after surgery," says the neurosurgeon.
He also highlights other advantages, such as less tissue invasion, a lower risk of complications, reduced postoperative pain, and improved visualization of the surgical area, which makes it possible to perform procedures with greater precision and minimize the risk of damaging important nerve or vascular structures. Finally, by making small incisions, the scars resulting from endoscopic surgery are much less visible than those of traditional surgery, which is aesthetically more favorable for patients.
"Over the years, the Hospiten team in Tenerife has attended many endoscopic surgery training courses in different countries, such as Germany, Korea and the USA. Now, after years of training, we see how other surgeons from centers in Spain, Europe and South America travel to Tenerife to receive training from our team. A fact that highlights our level of specialization in these interventions," he concludes.
About Hospiten
Hospiten is an international healthcare network with more than 55 years of experience committed to providing the highest quality service, with 20 private medical-hospital centers in Spain, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Jamaica and Panama, as well as 175 outpatient medical centers, under the Clinic Assist brand. Founded by Dr. Pedro Luis Cobiella, it annually attends more than two million patients from all over the world and has a staff of more than 5,000 people, a number that will be reinforced in the Community of Madrid thanks to the construction of a general university hospital in Boadilla del Monte, which is expected to be completed in 2026.
MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid - Hospiten is a subsidiary of the prestigious MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston (Texas, USA). With more than 20 years of history in Spain, MD Anderson Madrid - Hospiten currently has a Phase I Clinical Trials Unit, more than 150 medical specialists trained in oncology, a total of 87 hospital beds and state-of-the-art technological equipment for the diagnosis and treatment of different types of cancer.
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