ORTHOPEDIC AND LASER SPINE SURGERY, LLC
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA

. Complex emergency surgeries are regularly referred to our hospital. This gives our surgeons the opportunity to advance their experience in handling complex situations, making them leaders in orthopedic laser and spine surgery. Dr. Scott Katzman is a board-certified practitioner in orthopedic surgery. He earned his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and did his residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of Arizona. As the leading orthopedic surgeon in the U.S., Dr. Katzman has dedicated his practice to helping patients receive the best treatment using minimally invasive techniques. He is an expert in artificial cervical disc replacements and has successfully performed over 250 disc replacements to date. Dr. Monica is an expert in anesthesiology and an important part of the OLSS surgical team. She completed her medical degree at Northwestern University and served her residency at the University of Michigan Medical Center. Apart from administering anesthesia, she also provides preoperative pain management, making the therapeutic procedures at OLSS a breeze. Dr. Lewjack is a licensed physical assistant in the State of Florida. He earned his B.A. from the University of North Carolina and later attended Duke University’s Physician Assistant program, graduating with honors. With 23 years of experience in orthopedic surgery — particularly knee, hip and shoulder — Dr. Lewjack has been helping OLSS patients receive the best care and treatment. For the past four years I have suffered with severe pain in my right knee. My knee was in perfect condition. The diagnosis from many doctors was the pain that was coming from L4. I flew to New York to the Hospital for Special Surgery, supposedly the best facility in the country. They verified the problem and recommended a fusion. I was familiar with the long painful recovery period and rejected the surgery. I then went to the University of Miami and they made the same recommendation. I was in desperate need of help. I had two previous minimally invasive surgeries from local surgeons with stellar reputations and they did not help me. After their surgery they sent me to sports medicine doctors who uselessly injected my knee. I am pleased to report that you that I am doing well. After about 8 weeks I was able to start some hiking. Now when I get on the trail, the first thing I think of is that I cannot believe I am able to do this. I have suffered for 8 years with back pain and the only thing that was done was cortisone injections to decrease the pain. I will report that I am not pain free but manageable. It was impossible to walk up hill due to my tailbone issues. No one seemed to understand why. Also by the time I came to you both legs were going numb from the stenosis in my L4-5. I will definitely contact you by email or otherwise if I have problems in the future. I am getting older and have degenerative disc disease. I am interested in getting as much good health as I can out of this or any other surgery. The photo’s I sent are at the Olympic National Park, Hurricane Ridge, and North Cascade National Forest. “Look at me now baby!” My surgery was performed in a minimally invasive fashion. Dr. Katzman successfully completed a Laminectomy, foraminotomy, and partial facetectomy with decompression of the spinal cord and nerve root at the L4-L5 level (left sided) and repeated the same procedures on the right side. He also removed disc material that was impinging upon the nerve root at the L4, L5, and S1 levels. I woke from surgery feeling great! The staff was terrific too– they wanted me to stay overnight so they could keep an eye on me but I was so happy to be feeling so good, I just wanted to go home! –I said, “I can walk and my daughter is here – Can I please leave?” They called Dr. Katzman and he gave the go ahead! That was it – I went home with my daughter and since then, I have hardly stopped. She spent a couple of nights with me but I think I was driving her crazy – Not because I needed her to help with anything but because, I didn’t! Dr. Katzman started Mr. Mayo on injection therapy including a facet block and a nerve root injection. After about a month, Rick came in again stating that now he was about 50% better. The injections helped a lot of the pain going down to his hand but he still had some neck pain. My pain management also included numerous epidurals that would help for a very short time. I had come to a dead-end. I always continued looking for a permanent solution to my back pain. Finding the orthopedic laser surgery group and Dr. Katzman was the answer to my prayer. From first contact they were very courteous, concerned and helpful. The staff was very professional and I was taken care of with professionalism and concern. Everything was explained to me before and after my procedure and what to expect, so I was put very much at ease. I had a painful and stiff neck . I had a prior neck fusion which didn’t help. I saw many doctors. They all said that my neck was too complicated to fix. Dr. Katzman took the time to explain what he was going to do. He put in an artificial disk replacement in my neck and now my neck is not stiff or painful anymore! Amazing. When Mrs. Caldero first meet Dr. Katzman in April of 2012, she suffered from a failed lumbar fusion from 2005 and was still in terrible pain. In June 2012, Dr. Katzman performed a discogram of her L3-4 level and also her L5-S1 level with an ablation surgery on her sciatic nerves in an attempt to help control the pain. Ms. Caldero’s pain subsided for a while but the pain slowly returned. In March 2013, Dr. Katzman performed a sacroiliac joint fusion, (a biomechanical implant and a fusion). Since her surgery she is feeling great and is happy to recommend Dr. Katzman and his team to everyone. Dr. Katzman and his staff are among the best healthcare workers that i have ever been to. He is a very personable man but besides his perfect bedside manner, he is an excellent diagnostician. He helped me when other doctors had given up. I would recommend Dr Katzman to anyone!