Surgical Spectrum, LLC

Surgical Assisting

A surgical assistant is a skilled practitioner who has undergone formalized education and training as a surgical assistant. The surgical assistant performs surgical functions that include, but are not limited to: retracting, manipulating, suturing, clamping, cauterizing, litigating, and tying tissue; suctioning, irrigating and sponging; positioning the patient; closure of body planes and skin; and participating in hemostasis and volume replacement. Surgical assistants are certified and registered or licensed by the state, or, in states without licensure, certified as surgical assistants by completing appropriate education and training.

Interventional Pain Medicine

Surgical Spectrum, LLC is an Interventional Pain Medicine practice in Houston, TX with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in relieving, reducing, or managing pain and improving a patient's overall quality of life through minimally invasive techniques. Interventional Pain Doctors at Surgical Spectrum, LLC perform physical exams and scans, assessments, and treatments for short and long term pain. Interventional Pain Medicine is the study, assessment, diagnosis and treatment or management of chronic pain. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Interventional Pain Medicine practices include sciatica, herniated discs, degenerative disc disease, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, and whiplash. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Interventional Pain Medicine practices include discography, epidural injections, nerve, root, and medial branch blocks, facet joint injections, pulsed radiofrequency neurotomy (PRFN), rhizotomy, spinal cord stimulation, intrathecal pumps, and percutaneous discectomy/nucleoplasty.

Interventional Pain Medicine is the discipline of medicine devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of pain and related disorders principally with the application of interventional techniques in managing subacute, chronic, persistent, and intractable pain, independently or in conjunction with other modalities of treatment.