In this section...

  1. Acute Physiotherapy
  2. Cheshire and Merseyside Rehabilitation Network (CMRN)
  3. Chiari malformation and syringomyella
  4. Cognitive neurology
  5. Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
  6. Dietetic Services
  7. Electroencephalogram (EEG)
  8. Endoscopic (keyhole) spinal surgery
  9. Epilepsy
  10. Epilepsy specialist nurse service
  11. Epilepsy surgery
  12. Essential tremor - Ultrasound thalamotomy
  13. Evoked potentials (EP)
  14. Facial pain
  15. Fluroscopy
  16. Functional Neurological Disorders Service (FNDS)
  17. Headache service
  18. Hydrocephalus, CSF disorders and spina bifida
  19. Infection prevention and control
  20. Integrated Neurology Nurse Service
  21. Interventional Radiology
  22. Major Trauma service
  23. Motor neurone disease
  24. Multiple sclerosis
  25. Multiple sclerosis (MS) nurse service
  26. Nerve conduction studies (NCS) and Electromyography (EMG)
  27. Neuroanaesthesia and Critical Care
  28. Neurogenetic disorders
  29. Neurological long-term conditions OT service
  30. Neurological Long Term Conditions Physiotherapy Team (LTC)
  31. Neurology
  32. Neuromodulation for Pain and Pelvic Floor Instability
  33. Neuromuscular disorders
  34. Neuromyelitis optica
  35. Neuro-Oncology Department
  36. Neuropathic pain (nerve pain)
  37. Neurophysiology Department
  38. Neuropsychiatry
  39. Neuropsychology Department
  40. Neuropsychology inpatient service
  41. Neuroradiology
  42. Neuroscience Laboratories
  43. Neurosurgery
  44. Neurovascular surgery and intervention
  45. Pain Management Programme
  46. Pain medicine
  47. Palliative care pain
  48. Parkinson's disease Nurse Specialists
  49. Pre-operative Assessment Team
  50. Physiotherapy botulinum toxin service
  51. Rehabilitation
  52. Research
  53. Respiratory Physiotherapy Team
  54. Speech and Language Therapy
  55. Spinal surgery
  56. Surgical management of chronic pain
  57. Surgical, Medical, Acute Response Team (SMART)
  58. Theatres
  59. Therapies Department
  60. Tissue viability
  61. Trauma Therapy Team

Endoscopic (keyhole) spinal surgery

 

Keyhole spinal surgery is a rapidly evolving aspect of minimally invasive surgery. It involves performing complex spinal procedures under direct vision using cutting-edge technology via a small less than one cm incision. Like shoulder/knee endoscopic surgery, it uses high-definition camera/optical system and specialised precision instruments under constant irrigation to perform delicate spinal surgery.

The Walton Centre is one of a handful of NHS trusts in the country to provide the latest innovations in spinal keyhole surgery.

The service at The Walton Centre started in 2020 with the help of The Walton Centre Charity. We have been awarded Centre of Excellence status following dedicated work of the staff members, led by spinal surgeon, Mr Narendra Kumar Rath.

The procedure involves using tissue sparing/minimal trauma principles of minimally invasive surgery to achieve excellent patient outcome and early rehabilitation. The pre-operative preparation is a the same as any other procedure and patients are provided with all the information regarding the procedure during consenting process. During the surgery we aim for opioid free anaesthesia. Post-operatively, the majority of the patients are up and about within an hour as a part of early mobilisation regime and discharged the same day.

Watch Lee and Peter Pemberton's story about having endoscopic spinal surgery to relieve their back pain:

 

Referral information

Contact Mrs Carol Murphy

0151 556 3341 / carole.murphy9@nhs.net 

 

Leaflets

Endoscopic spinal surgery

 

Consultants

Mr Narendra Rath