Daniel Choi, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon at Patchogue, N.Y.-based Spine Medicine & Surgery of Long Island, completed the first dualPortal endoscopic spinal surgery on Long Island, according to a Jan. 23 post on the surgeon's LinkedIn profile.
Amplify Surgical's dualPortal allows physicians to perform minimally invasive procedures through a tube or small incision with a viewing portal for the endoscope.
The procedure allows for less muscle trauma, less bleeding and less patient downtime.