Dr. Andrew N. Cash of the Desert Institute of Spine Care in Las Vegas, Nevada, specializes in spine care with its focus on non-operative treatment, using surgery only as a last resort.

Back pain, neck pain and the resultant back surgery and neck surgery can be major issues of modern life. The Spine Network exists to provide quality care above all else, and as such has assembled the premier back physicians in the state of California. In order to join the Spine Network, each spine surgeon is required to have completed additional spinal fellowship training. Please click here to browse the qualifications of each physician member. Our surgeons each perform more than 100 surgeries a year; this is more than any other general orthopedist in the country. Our spine surgeons are among the most experienced spinal care providers in the country: most have been in practice at least ten years, and some have been practicing for more than 20. These qualifications add up to one conclusion: The surgeons advanced training and expertise make them uniquely qualified to correct the full range of spinal conditions--from the simplest injury to the most difficult failed surgery revision.

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The Society of Lateral Access Surgery is dedicated to the development and expanded application of spine surgery techniques that offer significant patient benefits and improved clinical outcome.

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