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4700 Waters Avenue
Savannah, Georgia 31404 United States
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Physician Champion for Memorial Spine: Raphael R. Roybal, MD, Savannah, GA, 31405
Raphael R. Roybal is a Fellowship-Trained, Board-Certified Orthopedic Spine Surgeon. At the Texas Back Institute where he completed his fellowship, Dr. Roybal had extensive experience within all facets of spinal surgery including minimally invasive and motion sparing. As part of this training, Dr. Raphael Roybal has submitted numerous articles and publications comparing the clinical outcomes of minimally invasive surgery versus traditional open surgery and he has co-authored a book chapter for a major text discussing the future and implications of Total Disc Replacement.
Dr. Raphael R. Roybal is a physician champion for the Center of Excellence for Spine Surgery at Memorial University and has been instrumental in developing a program that is evidence based and research driven.
Memorial Spine is regionally recognized for its accomplishments in spine surgery. Taking a comprehensive approach to spine-related pain, the spine specialists at Memorial Spine have demonstrated their commitment to quality care, resulting in better overall outcomes for patients experiencing back pain, neck pain and degenerative spine conditions.
Dr. Raphael Roybal is an Orthopedic Spine Surgeon with Memorial Spine.
Type of Spine Care Professional
Areas Served
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Areas of Expertise
Conditions
- Acute Pain
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Arm pain
- Arthritis
- Auto-related injuries
- Back pain
- Cervical spine disorders
- Degenerative disc disease
- Degenerative spinal conditions
- Extremity Dysfunction/Pain
- Facet syndrome
- Failed back surgery syndrome
- Foot drop
- Fracture
- Gait disorders
- Herniated disc / bulging disc
- Kyphosis
- Leg pain
- Ligament strain
- Lower back pain
- Lumbar spine disorders
- Neck disorders
- Neck pain
- Nerve pain / neuralgia
- Neuropathic pain
- Osteoporotic compression fracture
- Pinched nerve
- Post Surgery Functional Problems
- Post Surgery Pain
- Sacroiliac joint dysfunction
- Sciatica / radiculopathy
- Scoliosis and deformity
- Spinal cord injury
- Spinal infections
- Spinal stenosis
- Spine Conditions
- Spondylolisthesis
- Sports injuries
- Thoracic spine disorders
- Trauma
- Upper back pain
- Vertebral subluxation
Treatments
- ALIF (anterior lumbar interbody fusion)
- Annulus repair
- Anterior / posterior lumbar fusion
- Anterior cervical corpectomy
- Anterior cervical discectomy / decompression
- Anterior cervical fusion
- Artificial disc replacement - cervical
- Artificial disc replacement - lumbar
- Back surgery
- Cervical spine fusion instrumentation
- Cervical spine surgery
- Diagnostic testing
- Disc arthroplasty
- Discectomy
- Dynamic lumbar stabilization
- Endoscopic microdiscectomy
- Exercise
- Interspinous process spacers
- Kyphoplasty
- Laminectomy / decompression surgery
- Laminoplasty
- Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Lower back surgery
- Lumbar corpectomy
- Lumbar spine fusion instrumentation
- Microdiscectomy / microdecompression
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Myelotomy
- Neck surgery
- Non-surgical treatment and diagnosis
- Pain pumps
- PLIF (posterior lumbar interbody fusion)
- Posterior cervical decompression
- Posterior cervical discectomy
- Posterior cervical foraminotomy
- Posterolateral lumbar fusion
- Reconstructive / revision spine surgery
- Spinal cord stimulation
- Spinal cord surgery
- Spinal Decompression
- Spinal fusion
- Spine Surgery
- TLIF (transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion)
- Ultrasound
- Upper back surgery
- Upper cervical specific techniques
- Vertebroplasty
- X-STOP
- XLIF (lateral lumbar interbody fusion)
Professional Affiliations
- North American Spine Society
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Georgia Medical Society
- Georgia Orthopaedic Society
Certifications
- Board Certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Professional Distinctions
- Fellowship, Orthopaedic Spine Surgery - Texas Back Institute
- Dacor Bacon House Fellowship Award Recipient