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Dr Robert J Fink: Chicago Orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Robert Fink does minimally invasive spine surgery. Dr. Fink puts an endoscope in the spine similar to an arthroscope done on the shoulder, elbow, wrist, knee, and ankle where, through a small incision, he is able to remove herniated discs, bulging discs, extruding discs, extruded discs, and also remove some bone from neural foraminal narrowing.

Dr Robert Fink's Surgeries for Spine: Nonoperative treatment, physical therapy, medication, trigger point injections, lumbar epidural steroid injections. Minimally invasive spine surgery. One of only three doctors that do this in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Treatment by removing herniated discs: Protruding discs, extruding discs, bulging discs all with endoscope which is like an arthroscope used in the knee, elbow, shoulder, and wrist.

Treatment of compression lumbar fractures: All as outpatient surgery I stitch or bandaid afterwards Outpatient surgery.

Dr Robert Fink's Surgeries for Hand surgery: All types of hand surgery. Nerve entrapment syndromes, carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel, radial tunnel. Removal of lumps, bumps, ganglion cysts, hand and wrist deformities, old healed fractures, nail deformities, joint replacement, fractures

Dr Robert Fink's Surgeries for Elbow: Internal derangement of elbow, stiffness or elbow, loose bodies of elbow, elbow replacement, torn ligaments, fractures

Dr Robert Fink's Surgeries for Shoulder: Internal derangement of shoulder, arthroscopic surgery of shoulder, torn biceps muscle, loose bodies, shoulder replacement, rotator cuff injuries, impingement syndrome

Dr Robert Fink's Surgeries for Knee: Internal derangement of knee, arthroscopic surgery of knee, torn cartilage repair and/or debride, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, loose bodies, ligament injuries

Dr Robert Fink's Surgeries for Ankle: Internal derangement of ankle, arthroscopic surgery of ankle, removal of loose bodies of ankle, lumps, bumps, or ganglion cysts, angular deformities

Dr Robert Fink's Surgeries for Foot: Bunions, nail deformities, warts, hammertoes

Dr Robert Fink's Surgeries for Total joint replacement: Knee, hip, shoulder, elbow done at hospital inpatient, minal incision surgery, majority surgery done as outpatient

Gold Coast Orthopaedic Spine and Hand Surgery is one of the few practices in Chicago that specialize in minimally invasive spine procedures. Gold Coast Orthopaedic Spine and Hand Surgery also specialize in minimal incision surgery on the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, hip, knee, ankle and foot. We specialize in minimally invasive, minimal incision surgery, if surgery is needed to correct the problem.

About Gold Coast Orthopedic Spine and Hand Surgery: Our office is available to see patients on Mondays and Wednesdays. Hand surgery: All types of hand surgery.