Mr George Michael Hess: Trauma & orthopaedic surgery

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After graduating in Germany in 1995 G. Michael Hess trained in trauma surgery in St. Moritz, Switzerland and at the Spine Center at Orthopaedische Klinik Muenchen-Harlaching. He completed a fellowship in spine surgery and interventional radiology at the University Hospital in Quebec City, Canada and was appointed Lead of the Back Pain Center at Orthopaedische Klinik Muenchen-Harlaching.
In 2016 G. Michael Hess founded InsightSpine, which is providing a comprehensive spinal disc pain service mainly in London, Maidstone, Munich and Albufeira.
For more than 15 years his main interest is in endoscopic procedures, where he has a broad experience in several techniques and approaches. Mr Hess was co-surgeon of the worldwide first successful full-endoscopic nucleus replacement surgery in 2009 and is the principal clinical investigator for a novel nucleus implant.

Mr. Hess has a PhD in Orthopaedics. He is a Master Instructor for Spine Intervention Society (SIS) in the US and Europe since 2003.

Mr Hess is an internationally renowned expert in the field of minimal-invasive spine surgery and interventional pain therapy. He is lecturer of more than 200 scientific presentations and is invited worldwide as a guest surgeon.

Areas of interest

Sciatica; slipped disc; trapped nerve; low back pain; neck pain; osteoporotic vertebral fracture; endoscopic disc surgery; vertebroplasty; denervation of facet joints; epidural injection; pain management

Medical secretaries

Barbara O'Keefe
The London Clinic 116 Harley Street London W1G 7JL
020 7616 7720
michael.hess@londonspineclinic.net

Michelle Burgess
K I M S Hospital Ltd Newnham Court Way Weavering Maidstone ME14 5FT
01622 538093
01622 538094
michelle.burgess@kims.org.uk

Anaesthetists worked with

Dr Audrey Miang Ying Tan Fee Assured
Dr Marwa Salman Fee Assured
Dr Dan Mihaylov Fee Assured
Dr Patrick Doyle Not Fee Assured
Dr Farah Idrees Fee Assured
Dr John Friis Fee Assured

Dr Robert Williams Fee Assured
Dr Trudie Phillips Fee Assured
Dr James Barron Fee Assured
Dr Arun Kochhar Fee Assured
Dr Angus Turner Fee Assured

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External resources

Research interests

Chief Investigator PerQDisc Nucleus Implant, International PMCF Trial

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Publications

Rapcan R, Hess GM et al.: A randomised, multicenter, double-blind, parallel, pilot study, assessing the effect of mechanical adhesiolysis versus adhesiolysis with corticosteroid and hyaluronidase administration into the epidural space during epiduroscopy. Pain Medicine 2018; 19:1436-44.
Gupta S, Gupta M, Nath S, Hess GM: Survey of European Pain Medicine Practice. Pain Physician 2012; 15:E983-E994.
Hess GM, Block JE: Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET): Background, Description and Procedure. In Husson J-L (ed.): Spine Multimedia Collection. A global multimedia overview on spinal conditions & surgery: Gold standards, new treatments & researches. Springer, Paris 2009.
Hess GM: Sacroplasty for the treatment of sacral insufficiency fractures. Unfallchirurg 2006; 109:681-686.
Hess GM: Sacroplasty for the treatment of insufficiency fractures of the sacrum. Orthopaede 2006; 35:865-870.
Hess GM, Mayer HM: Percutaneous Vertebroplasty in Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures. In Mayer HM (ed.): Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (2nd edition). Springer, Berlin 2005.
Hess,GM: Intradiskale Elektrothermale Therapie (IDET). In Jerosch, Steinleitner (eds.): Minimalinvasive Wirbelsäulen-Intervention. Deutscher Ärzte-Verlag, Köln, 2005.
Hess GM, Mayer HM: Percutaneous Vertebroplasty in Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures – What can we learn from the bad results? In Gunzburg R, Szpalski M (eds.): Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. Lipincott, Williams and Wilkins, New York 2002.
Hess GM, Korge A, Mayer HM: Microsurgical decompression for symptomatic lumbar epidural lipomatosis. Eur Spine J 2002; 11(S1):55.
Hess GM, Roy JF, Moisan C: MR-guided Cryosurgery of the sacroiliac joint – technique and preliminary results. Osteologie 2002; 11(S2):82.

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Procedures completed

V2510
Endoscopic discectomy and/or decompression (transforaminal) - lumbar region - (5-50)

London Clinic (5-50) KIMS Hospital Limited (1-5)
A5745
Medial branch block injection(s) +/- image guidance (including bilateral) LUMBAR - (5-50)

London Clinic (5-50) KIMS Hospital Limited (5-50)
A5765
Neurolytic Root Block (Radiofrequency denervation, Thermocoagulation, Cryotherapy or Phenol, including Rhizolysis) +/- Image Guidance (including Bilateral) LUMBAR - (5-50)

London Clinic (5-50) KIMS Hospital Limited (1-5)
A5755
Nerve Root Block +/- Image Guidance (including Bilateral) LUMBAR - (5-50)

KIMS Hospital Limited (1-5) London Clinic (1-5)
A5763
Neurolytic Root Block (Radiofrequency denervation, Thermocoagulation, Cryotherapy or Phenol, including Rhizolysis) +/- Image Guidance (including Bilateral) CERVICAL - (1-5)

London Clinic (1-5) KIMS Hospital Limited (1-5)
V2544
Revision of posterior excision of disc prolapse (lumbar region) - (1-5)

London Clinic (1-5) KIMS Hospital Limited (1-5)
A5743
Medial branch block injection(s) +/- image guidance (including bilateral) CERVICAL - (1-5)

London Clinic (1-5) KIMS Hospital Limited (1-5)
W9030
Injection(s) +/- aspiration, into joint, cyst, bursa with image guidance - (1-5)

London Clinic (1-5)
A5761
Facet joint injection (under x-ray control) - 3 to 4 joints - (1-5)

London Clinic (1-5)
V5230
Discogram/diagnostic intervertebral disc injection under x-ray control - (1-5)

London Clinic (1-5)
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