Surgical procedures
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Can You Tell if You Have Immediate Back Surgery Failure?
Not all back surgery is successful at resolving back pain and other symptoms such as leg pain, numbness, weakness and…
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Discectomy Surgery – What is it?
If you are suffering from radicular pain with numbness, weakness, and a progressive loss of coordination in the limbs then…
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Sleep and Spinal Cord Stimulation After Failed Back Surgery
Spinal cord stimulators may be used for pain management in people with Failed Back Surgery Syndrome but one potential benefit…
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Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty – Two Common Less Invasive Procedures
Two of the most common newer minimally invasive spine procedures are vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty, both of which are used for…
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TLIF – Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion
Spinal fusion may be recommended for many patients with a variety of spine conditions. A few of the conditions that cause…
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Failed Back Surgery Causes
FBSS Causes A study by Waguespack (et al, 2002) outlined the most common causes of failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS)…
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How Scary is Surgery – fear of back surgery
It is completely normal for patients to fear back surgery and to wish that such procedures were unnecessary to resolve…
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Discectomy Surgery: Things One Should Know About Discectomy
The spinal column is made up of several inter-locking vertebral bones that run the length of your back. Discectomy surgery, also…
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What Do I Do If My Surgery Doesn’t Seem to Have Worked?
Occasionally, surgery for back problems doesn’t work out the way it was intended. This has been called failed back surgery…
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Laminectomy, Discectomy and Microdiscectomy
Surgical Treatments Spinal surgery may be an important aspect not only of pain management, but also in restoring neurologic or…
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