# 1 Ortho and Spine Hospital
# 1 Ortho and Spine Hospital
Zachary J. Grabel, MDDual Fellowship Trained in Orthopaedic
and Neurosurgical Spine Surgery
Dr. Zachary Grabel is a board-certified, fellowship-trained spine surgeon at HSS. He provides high quality, comprehensive spine care, including primary and revision surgery of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. He treats conditions ranging from degenerative spine disorders to complex deformities and spine tumors using a variety of techniques, including minimally invasive spine surgery, artificial disc replacement, anterior, posterior and lateral approaches to the spine.
Medical School
Internship / Residency
Combined Neurosurgical &
Orthopaedic Spine Surgery Fellowship
Attending Physician
Cutting Edge Surgical TreatmentsComprehensive Care for a Wide Range of
Spinal Disorders
Advanced TechnologyComputer-Assisted
Spine Surgery
It integrates 3D real-time imaging and navigation, similar to a surgical GPS, to guide the surgeon’s instruments. By providing a live, detailed map of the patient’s spinal anatomy on screen, CAS dramatically increases screw placement accuracy, minimizes intraoperative risks, and helps avoid critical nerve or vessel damage during complex operations.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
About Spine Care
Frequently Asked Questions
About Spine Care
When should I see a spine surgeon?
You should consider seeing a spine specialist if you have persistent neck or back pain, radiating arm or leg pain, numbness, tingling, weakness, walking difficulty, balance changes, or symptoms that have not improved with appropriate conservative care. Sudden weakness, bowel or bladder changes, or progressive neurologic symptoms should be evaluated urgently.
What conditions does Dr. Grabel treat?
Dr. Grabel treats degenerative neck and back disorders, disc herniation, myelopathy, radiculopathy, sciatica, scoliosis, spinal deformity, spinal fractures, spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, and spondylolysis.
What procedures does Dr. Grabel perform?
His listed procedures include ACDF, cervical disc replacement, cervical foraminotomy, cervical laminectomy and fusion, cervical laminoplasty, microdiscectomy, ALIF, LLIF, TLIF, laminectomy, minimally invasive and percutaneous procedures, navigated spine surgery, posterior spinal fusion, revision spine surgery, and spine deformity correction.
What is cervical disc replacement?
Cervical disc replacement is a motion-preserving surgery for selected patients with cervical disc disease and nerve compression. It involves removing the diseased disc and placing an artificial disc. Patient selection is important.
Where does Dr. Grabel see patients?
Dr. Grabel sees patients in West Palm Beach and Jupiter.
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