Today we have a very young 68y gentleman, he is a retired salesman from the blood banking industry who is also an avid golfer. He currently has severe back pain which limits him from walking more than a quarter of a mile, playing golf, and lots of other daily activities that he loves. He has tried a number of non-operative treatments, none of which have been successful so we have decided to proceed with surgery. Looking closely at L5-S1 his disc is collapsed and his disc bone has slipped forward which we call spondylolisthesis. When he lays down the spondylolisthesis shifts back into place so it is moving back and forth as he moves around. Along with this there is narrowing of the foramen where the nerve comes out due to the malalignment, the disc bulge and collapsed disc space. After much deliberation we have decided to treat this via the prefect MISS (minimally invasive spine surgery) TLIF Technique utilizing computer assisted navigation with my A Team!! Wishing him all of the best as he recovers and gets back on the road to doing things he loves like golf...because we all love golf!!


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Dr. Choll Kim graduated cum laude from Harvard Medical School and completed his fellowship training in complex spine surgery at the Mayo Clinic. In addition, he is double board certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons and the American Board of Spine Surgery.
Dr. Kim is an internationally recognized expert in the field of computer-assisted minimally invasive spine surgery. He has trained and continues to train other spine throughout the world on the safe and effective application of state-of-the-art techniques using image guidance and navigation technologies.
Dr. Kim utilizes a broad range of minimally invasive treatments to effectively treat all aspects of complex spinal disorders, including herniated disks, spinal stenosis, and spondylolisthesis. He is one of only a handful of surgeons in the world to master laser endoscopic spine surgery (LESS), a state-of-the-art minimally invasive procedure that effectively treats herniated disks and annular tears that cause back pain, radiculopathy, sciatica, and genitopelvic dysesthesia. The LESS procedure is performed in a same day setting, with a small stab incision that is covered with a band aid.
A leader in his field, he is the founder and past-president of the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (SMISS), the founder of Minimally Invasive Spine Centers of Excellence (MIS-COE), the past-chair of the MIS Committee for the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (ISASS), the director of the Advanced Spine & Joint Institute at Alvarado Hospital and an associate clinical professor at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Kim is an active member of the North American Spine Society (NASS) and the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS), and a fellow of the Scoliosis Research Society. Dr. Kim has over 300 publications and presentations.
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