Dr. Jonathan Hyde
Orthopedic Spine Surgery
Miami Beach, FL
31 years experience male
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Miami Beach, FL
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Friday: 9:00am - 5:00am
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Orthopedic Spine Surgery
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184 Answers
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A 27-year-old member asked:
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Orthopedic Spine Surgery 31 years experience
Urgent Evaluation: This emergent syndrome is due to severe compression of the lumbar nerve rootlets (cauda equina) secondary to a ruptured disk, tumor, infection, fractu... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Varies: The best answer to your question is to ask the facility. You may also want to ask past patients who have had good and bad outcomes. Just like finding ... Read More
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A 23-year-old member asked:
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Depends: To correct a trapped or compressed nerve, that hasn't repsonded to conservative non-operative treatments, the most recommended procedure is a laminect... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Neuropathic pain can be associated with conditions before and after spinal fusion procedures. No surgery is perfect and sometimes nerve pain can conti... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Depends: Steroids, such as prednisone, can be prescribed when back surgery is performed. The most common usage is to minimize nerve pain from swelling, but al... Read More
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A 23-year-old member asked:
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Depends: The treatment of neuropathic pain can vary from medicinal, such as gabapentin, to surgical treatments, including removal of the anatomic lesion causin... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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No: Most patients with spondylosis respond to conservative management, such as physical therapy, medications, and home exercise programs. In appropriate p... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Different: The low risks of such a procedure include infection, hematoma, neurologic injury, broken wire, loss or change in stimulation over time, dural tear, mi... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Clothes: When an interventional radiology procedure, such as a myelogram, is performed, you will most likely be given a hospital gown to change into for the pr... Read More
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A 60-year-old male asked:
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Probably: Over 12 years, the scoliosis may have advanced to a greater degree. With addiditional progression, the rotational deformity with associated rib cage c... Read More
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A 20-year-old member asked:
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Conservative: Lower back stress fractures, usually called spondylolysis, are usually treated with non-operative means. Some docs recommend bracing, but others reco... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Laminectomy: Most discectomies (lumbar) are performed through a laminectomy or laminotomy, when a posterior opening into the spinal canal is made to approach the d... Read More
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A 50-year-old member asked:
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Random: Having facet syndrome, or facet joint arthritis, is part of the degenerative cascade of the functional spinal unit (involving discs and the facet join... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Multiple: Most spine surgeries have risks and benefits, most often based upon peer reviewed literature. "laser" spine procedures are promoted to cause less pai... Read More
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A 33-year-old male asked:
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Specialist: Vicodan (and other narcotics) is not the answer for chronic back pain issues. Unless you have a narcotic contract with a pain management physician, yo... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Coccyx: If the pain occurs with sitting in the tailbone, there may ba an issue with the coccyx. There are different causes of pain towards the tailbone regio... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Possible: Having enlarged breasts does not necessarily relate to the development of back pain. There are some women who do experience issues, particularly upper... Read More
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Pain: Having a spinal abscess is associated with severe back pain, neurologic deterioration, fevers, chills, sweats, and elevated temperature. Of course, if... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Yes: If there is a direct blow to the spine, besides soft tissue (skin, muscle, ligament) injury, you can sustain fracture(s) of the posterior bony element... Read More
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A 54-year-old member asked:
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Serious: Most compression fractures do not require a surgical intervention for associated nerve compression. If there is serious canal compromise, then a fusi... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Speedy: There is no surefire "quick" remedy for lower back pain, since there are many causes for the pain. The best advice is to keep moving...Walk every day ... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Orthopedic Spine Surgery 31 years experience
Spondylolysis: If you sustained a stress fracture of a lumbar veterbra, known as a spondylolysis, over years it can progress to a slippage of the bone called spondyl... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Neurologic: The symptoms of a lumbar herniated nucleus pulposus includes uni- or bi-lateral leg pain, can include back pain, possible weakness in the leg(s), and ... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Spinal stenosis: The most common back surgery is a laminectomy for lumbar nerve root compression, either from a herniated disc or from arthritic spinal stenosis. Other... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Orthopedic Spine Surgery 31 years experience
Maybe: Spinal fractures are often treated with some form of bracing. Depending upon the stability and age of the fracture, your doctor may not recommend a br... Read More
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A 57-year-old member asked:
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Orthopedic Spine Surgery 31 years experience
Adjacent segment: I would recommend an evaluation of the lower portion of the rod/fusion. Over years, there can be the development of arthritic changes at that region. ... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Need MRI, neurology: These symptoms may be from spinal nerve and/or cord involvement from the spondylosis. Have your doctor evaluate with at least a MRI study, and possib... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Orthopedic Spine Surgery 31 years experience
Depends: Most of my patients with office-type jobs return to work within 2-6 weeks, depending upon the extent of the fusion and pathology treated. For patient... Read More
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A member asked:
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Pain: If you broke a bone in the neck, the most common complaint is neck pain and stifffness. Depending on severity of injury, varying neurologic symptoms ... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Deformity: The symptoms are mainly due to the forward balance deformity. That may include pain, weakness, pulmonary issues, and also a feeling of abdominal bloa... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Orthopedic Spine Surgery 31 years experience
Eventually: Basic primary care treatment of back pain is usually anti-inflammatories and rest. For cases of continuing pain and/or leg pain/weakness/numbness, th... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Spine Surgery 31 years experience
Yes: You may benefit from a course of low back exercises. I would recommend an evaluation with your doctor to see if physical therapy can be prescribed. Yo... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Variable: Fusion recovery experiences are variable, dependent upon the individual patient, each surgeon, type of spinal fusion (open vs. Minimal invasive), prio... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Depends: At 42 degrees with progression of curve and/or pain, a surgical recommendation can be made to treat a scoliosis. There are patients who do not have su... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Orthopedic Spine Surgery 31 years experience
Doctor: If you have a history of lumbar disc herniation or spinal stenosis, check with your doctor to see if the compression seen on imaging studies warrants ... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Usually not: Having a "funny walk" after spine surgery is not common. There are many different reasons for an abnormal gait, and if it occurs after surgery have y... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Adverse Event: Medications can be associated with different side effects. Clomid, (clomiphene) in post marketing monitoring, has shown the adverse effect of back pai... Read More
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A 26-year-old member asked:
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Examination: There can be different causes to the symptoms you describe. There can be mechanical, structural isssues in the spine causing the pain and locking. ... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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Orthopedic Spine Surgery 31 years experience
Pain: Pain is the most common symptom, as well as poor ambulation, and possible neurologic issues. Some back fractures can present with minimal or no sympto... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Varies: Most early morning back pain can be due to poor general spinal muscular conditioning. Sometimes it can be associated with some degenerative processes ... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Orthopedic Spine Surgery 31 years experience
Rehabiliatation: Most hyper-extension lumbar injuries respond with conservative measures, including anti-inflammatory meds, therapy, and time. Sometimes bone injury, s... Read More
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A 60-year-old female asked:
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Motion: There are pros/cons of both procedures, but they both should alleviate cervical disc related radiculopathy and have basically the same surgical risks.... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
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Not really: Stretching your spine will not increase your height after puberty. Occasionally we see some additional height when significant spinal deformities are... Read More
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Depends: Recovery from thoracic spine surgery varies upon the type of surgery. With lesser invasive techniques, anterior surgeries can be associated with shor... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Conditions occurring to the lumbar spine may slowly progress/worsen over years due to changes known as degenerative disease. There can be no specific ... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Evaluation: Most likely everything is fine and probably within normal limits. Many such films are read with such reports. Check with your doctor.
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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Surgical evaluation: Sounds like you need to be seen by a spinal surgeon. It is unclear if you actually require surgery, since that can only be indicated by a qualified su... Read More
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Orthopedic Spine Surgery 31 years experience
Possibly: It depends upon the fracture. Most patients are helped with the back pain symptoms by using a brace. Some fractures may not require a brace, but res... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Rib issues: There are deformities of the chest wall called pectus cavernosum or excavatum that may cause contour issues. Having a fracture or a rib problem may ca... Read More
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Depends: It depends upon the severity of the corrective surgery. Most surgeons expect to have such patients out of bed on the first post-operative day, and st... Read More
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Dr. Hyde is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Dr. Hyde is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you-your answer was perfect! I received a myelogram yrs. before, was allergic to the contrast, but it wasn't explained well.
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This was very helpful. Thanks! I couldn't find anything for bad head aches, on the back of my head, on the left side
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Thanks for your quick reply! Thanks for your quick reply i have seen a doctor and apparantly its a problem at birth
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine, NY
Graduated 1992MD
Residency
LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER
Completed 1997
Awards
America' Top Doctors, Castle Connolly
Top Orthopedic Spine Surgeon , Third Place, Florida - Summer
2013
Top Orthopedic Spine Surgeon , Second Place, National - Spring
2016
Affiliations
North American Spine Society
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Society of Lateral Access Surgeons
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