Fort Lauderdale interventional spine and pain practice offering minimally invasive procedures, nerve stimulation and injections of a patient's own blood, fat or bone marrow.
International House of Pain is the website of Dr. W. Porter McRoberts, an interventional spine and pain medicine physician based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is described on the site as Medical Director of Interventional Spine and Pain at Holy Cross Hospital, a role the site dates from December 2023, with earlier work at the same hospital between 2006 and 2017.
The practice focuses on procedures done through a needle or small incision rather than open surgery. These include minimally invasive decompression for narrowing of the lower spine, nerve ablation (using heat to interrupt pain signals from a nerve), epidural steroid injections, kyphoplasty to stabilise spinal fractures, and implanted spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulators. The site also describes orthobiologic treatments, meaning injections prepared from the patient's own tissue.
The site says Dr. McRoberts offers remote educational teleconferences for people outside Florida who want to discuss spinal anatomy and treatment options alongside their own local doctor. This is presented as education rather than treatment.
The condition list is broad and includes some conditions, such as long COVID, post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder, that are unusual for a spine and pain practice. Ask what evidence supports the specific treatment being proposed for your condition.
All the biological materials named are taken from the patient's own body. No donor, umbilical cord or exosome products are described.
The practice is listed at 5601 North Dixie Highway, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33334, in association with Holy Cross Hospital. Stated hours are 9am to 5pm. The website does not name any languages spoken beyond English, and it does not describe a formal international patient programme, although remote educational teleconferences are offered to people outside Florida.
No prices are published for consultations or procedures. Cost would need to be confirmed with the practice and, where relevant, with your insurer.
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