With pleasure we are informing you that dr. Robert Saftic, spinal neurosurgeon from Vertebris International Spine Hospital had successfully attended 30th jubilee course for Percutaneous Endoscopic Spinal Surgery and Complementary Minimal Invasive Techniques (ISMISS) in Zurich, Switzerland, held from 26th to 27th January 2012, as an invited lecturer. Congress was lead by famous …

After a little pause due to strong winter and heavy snow, in beginning of the March we are welcoming another UK patient that is traveling to Croatia for minimally-invasive spinal surgery.
Please remember that this type of surgery, in comparison to traditional spine surgery, ensures bigger patient satisfaction, quicker recovery, less …

Dear patients from Romania and Czech Republic, we have published two new websites with brief details about who we are, what we do and how we do in Romanian and Czech language. Please follow the flags to visit the website on desired language:
         
 
 

A new study in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) found that patients with herniated lumbar disc symptoms were significantly worse if the patients had symptoms for more than six months prior to treatment, compared to those who had symptoms for six months or less. Symptoms included pain, function, general …

For the past few years, minimally invasive spine surgery has described several different procedures. Professional spine societies are now working to narrow the definition of proven minimally invasive procedures and promoting the education and use of these procedures with appropriately indicated patients.
Anthony T. Yeung, MD, an endoscopic spine surgeon with …

Patient M.L., from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, was today successfully treated in Croatia for his acute disc extrusion at level L4-L5. Robert Saftic MD has decided to proceed with selective endoscopic discectomy (SED) with thermal annuloplasty. More informations, including images and videos, are following soon.
Preoperative images: