Decompressive Techniques

Dr. Alaa Abd-Elsayed joined the faculty of the Anesthesiology Department at the University of Wisconsin in 2014 to provide Chronic Pain Medicine Services as part of the Interventional Pain Program. He received his medical training at Assiut University Medical School in Egypt, completed a master's degree in Public Health, research fellowship at Cleveland Clinic, and residency in anesthesiology and pain management fellowship at University of Cincinnati. As part of the Interventional Pain Program, Dr. Abd-Elsayed evaluates patients at the Pain Clinic, and when an interventional pain treatment is appropriate, performs procedures at the Madison Surgery Center. Over the course of his career, he has received numerous research grants, published more than 70 peer-reviewed manuscripts and authored several editorials and book chapters. He has presented at more than 60 international and national conferences and has earned more than 15 awards at the state and national levels. In addition, he has served as a reviewer for more than 20 journals and as an editor to several journals.

• 1. An Overview on the Anatomy of the Spine2. Surgical Instruments3. Discectomy: A Surgical Approach4. Methods for Percutaneous Discectomy5. Interspinous Spacer6. Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression7. Cervical and Lumbar Foraminotomy for the Management of Chronic Radicular Back Pain8. Laminotomy9. Anatomic/Physiologic (Indirect) Decompression10. Measuring Outcomes in Spinal Decompression