At the Kraus Back and Neck Institute (KBNI), Dr. Kraus, a Houston spine surgeon specializes in non-surgical as well as surgical treatments for relief from neck and low back pain in Houston. Depending on the cause of your pain and your preference for treatment, surgical or non-surgical, Dr. Kraus will help you find the best solution for pain relief.
Surgical - Dr. Kraus, your Houston spine doctor offers dozens of surgical options for relief from spine pain (lumbar spine and lower back pain as well as cervical spine and neck pain) that cover the many conditions that can cause it.
Surgical - Dr. Kraus, your Houston spine doctor offers dozens of surgical options for relief from spine pain (lumbar spine and lower back pain as well as cervical spine and neck pain) that cover the many conditions that can cause it.
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Lower back pain, a condition treated by Dr. Kraus, a Houston back pain doctor, is extremely common. 80% of the population will experience lower back pain. One in seven new patient visits to a doctor are related to lower back pain. It is second only to the flu as being responsible for absence from work.
The Kraus Back and Neck Institute provides surgical and non-surgical spine care to patients in Houston and the surrounding regions including The Woodlands, Pearland, Galleria, Spring, Katy, Memorial City, Humble, Kingwood, Baytown, Port Arthur, Beaumont, Texas Medical Center (TMC), Tomball, Sealy, Sugar Land, Conroe, Galveston, Pasadena, Missouri City, Friendswood, Lake Jackson, Rosenberg, La Porte, League City, Deer Park, Texas City, and Stafford.
Back and leg pain often have causes which either improve on their own or which the surgeon can correct (such as pressure on the nerve roots). Sometimes there is no easily correctable cause of the pain. Scar tissue around the nerve or chronic inflammation of the nerves such as arachnoiditis may cause leg and back pain.
A Lumbar Discectomy Surgery or Microdiscectomy is a procedure to remove pressure on a nerve in the low back caused by a herniated disc*. A small amount of bone in the back is removed to allow the surgeon access to the nerve. The nerve is then gently pushed aside and the disc pushing into the nerve is removed.
Reviews (10)
Taylor Hord
Nov 27, 2020
Do not recommend at all. Specifically based on the office staff. I have had to call up there numerous times and every time, none of the administrators seem to know what's going on and they never provide the documentation I need. It's extremely frustrating and the medical advise isn't worth the hassle of dealing with the office staff. Go somewhere else.
Susan Zohn
Jun 10, 2020
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Apr 19, 2020
Diana Mcalpine
Nov 02, 2019
I have gone to several neurologists over the last decade and all they wanted was to give me drugs or offer physical therapy. So, I decided to give Dr Kraus' office a try. It took a weeks to get in but he quickly ordered an MRI. It took more to go back to go over the results. Not wanting a fusion of C2 to C7 just yet I chose facet injections. It took weeks for the first appt for the block to even see if it would work.
And after a decade I was finally pain free! But, alas it's been a month and no appt for the ablation. I call and they tell me it takes a while. I call again and no return call. I'm so sad and in pain and his office just doesn't care.
And after a decade I was finally pain free! But, alas it's been a month and no appt for the ablation. I call and they tell me it takes a while. I call again and no return call. I'm so sad and in pain and his office just doesn't care.
Rebel Raley
Nov 01, 2019
His staff is wonderful and very helpful. They are very polite and always have a smile on their faces. Dr. Kraus was very personable and I am glad I found him. I was very uncomfortable and scared when I made an appointment with another surgeon so, I decided to get a second opinion and Dr. Kraus and Dr. Oishi made feel at ease and I am having surgery in 2 weeks and I am not at all apprehensive about it. They have put all of my concerns at ease.
Vicki Ducet
Jun 21, 2019
Mycah Suarez
Jun 06, 2019
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Jun 26, 2018
Daly Cantu
May 28, 2018
Courtney Blincow
Nov 25, 2017
