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Spinal Stenosis
VerteLoc System for Spinal Stenosis Surgery
An innovation in back surgery that has been making waves recently is the VerteLoc system designed as a halfway measure…
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Back Pain
Back Surgery Unnecessary for One in Six Patients Referred
Researchers in New York published a report earlier 2011 year claiming that between one in five and one in six…
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Complications
Spine Surgery Nerve Damage
Some operations on the spine are unsuccessful in alleviating back pain and discomfort and may leave the patient with chronic…
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Disc Degeneration
Can Older Patients Undergo Degenerative Disc Disease Surgery?
Degenerative disc disease surgery may become a consideration for many elderly patients whose spine pain has not improved with conservative treatment…
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Failed Back Surgery
Is Old Age a Primary Risk Factor for Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS)?
The headline is as remarkable for its understated simplicity as it is for its astonishing content: “104-year-old monk undergoes spine…
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Alternative therapies
Glucosamine for Back Surgery Recovery
Glucosamine is a naturally occurring proteoglycan produced by the body and essential for proper joint function. Evidence suggests that not…
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Disc Degeneration
Spondylosis Back Surgery Risks
Patients having back surgery for spondylosis are at risk of all the usual complications of surgery such as infection (shallow or deep),…
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Disc Degeneration
Decompressive Spondylosis Surgery
There are two main types of decompressive back surgery; those with an -ectomy as their suffix, and those which are…
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Surgical procedures
How to Choose Your Back Surgeon – Neurosurgery vs. Orthopaedics.
It may seem obvious that back surgery would be performed by an orthopaedic surgeon who knows about bones but what if…
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Herniated Disc
Using 3D Printing for Herniated Disc Surgery – Not Just Science Fiction
Can you imagine someone simply “printing out” a new, healthy body part for you that could be used to replace…
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