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LASER SPINE CENTER
Training Center by Dr. Gian Paolo Tassi

Welcome to the center of laser spinal surgery

We are specialized center for training and education about PLDD technique (Peructaneous Laser Disc Decompression) for spinal surgeons, as taught by the PLDD inventor dr. Daniel Choy.

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    PLDD Procedure

    Percutaneous laser disc decompression (PLDD) is a type of an interventional procedure in which a laser probe is inserted into the intervertebral disc space and laser energy applied for achieving decompression and neuromodulation thereby relieving the pain.

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Indications for PLDD procedure

This minimally invasive technique can be performed in patients who need surgical intervention for disc herniation or foraminal stenosis with mild stenosis plus slipped disc in the same patient. Patient selection, and especially disc morphology, are the two most important factors determining the choice of the technique.

About Us

Dr. Daniel S. J. Choy from Columbia University (New York – USA) pioneered PLDD in 1986. Over one hundred thousands of PLDD procedures have been performed successfully world-wide and scientific articles about PLDD have appeared in The New England Journal of Medicine, Spine, Neurosurgery, Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research, Neurology India and The Journal of Clinical Lasers in Medicine and Surgery (now named Photomedicine and Laser Surgery). Dr. Gian Paolo Tassi, specialist in Neurosurgery, learned PLDD at the Laser Spine Center under the direct supervision of the Dr. Daniel S. J. Choy.

  • "Thanks dr. Tassi for fantastic training sessions about PLDD."

    dr. Robert Saftic, Spine Neurosurgeon
    Axis Specialty Hospital, Croatia