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Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery And Spinal Cord Stimulation Show Promise In Alleviating Back Pain
Results from the first prospective study of minimally invasive facet arthrodesis and long-term data on spinal cord stimulation demonstrate the viability of these options to achieve pain relief in patients with various back pain conditions. The studies were presented at the American Academy of Pain Medicine’s 26th Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX…
Society of Interventional Radiology supports treatment for spine fractures: Patient selection key
Given the current controversy over vertebroplasty — a minimally invasive treatment performed by interventional radiologists in individuals with painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures that fail to respond to conventional medical therapy — what’s a patient to do? Trust your medical team to decide if you are an appropriate candidate for vertebroplasty and trust the experience of hundreds of thousands of other patients who have undergone the spine treatment successfully and received life-improving effects, says the Society of Interventional Radiology.
Discovery Of Thoracic Spine Abnormality Resolves Undiagnosed Pain Primarily In Younger Women
The discovery of a multi-level arteriovenous malformation (AVM) in the thoracic epidural space can now bring relief to potentially thousands of suffers of chronic thoracic pain and progressive myelopothy. Identified as thoracic epidural arteriovenous malformation (T.E.A.M.), this particular AMV primarily affects younger women ages 20 to 40.
100-Year-Old Woman Gets Relief From Debilitating Back Pain After Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
On World Osteoporosis Day, October 20, centenarian Helen Daniels of Poughkeepsie, NY, has a good reason to smile; she’s able to comfortably walk again following minimally invasive spine surgery. After suffering two spinal fractures caused by osteoporosis, Mrs. Daniels had debilitating back pain. After being treated with a minimally invasive spinal procedure, called balloon kyphoplasty, she no longer suffers from back pain and is able to walk with the aid of a walker or cane.
Neck Surgery For Cervical Spine Disorders Found To Alleviate Associated Headaches
A new study published in the August 2009 issue of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) finds that two years after anterior cervical neck operations, patients who have arthroplasty (disc replacement) or arthodesis (spine fusion) can be expected to have significant improvement in their headache symptoms. “This is not a ‘cure’ for all headaches.
Saint John’s Spine Surgeon Uses ILIF Procedure To Treat Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Only 37, Janie Lee had endured excruciating back pain for 20 years. She couldn’t stay in one position for more than five minutes, and walking hunched over was the only way she could get around. Her search for help took her to several doctors and an emergency room, but it wasn’t until she found Hyun Bae, M.D., a renowned spine specialist at Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica that she received the diagnosis and care that would return her life to her.
$1.7 Million Grant To Study Stem Cells In Intervertebral Discs Of The Spine Received By Jefferson
Scientists at Jefferson Medical College have received a five-year, $1.7 million National Institutes of Health grant funded by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to study mechanisms regulating stem cell self-renewal and differentiation with the aim of regenerating diseased and painful intervertebral discs. A previous study by the same group showed that stem cells exist in both animal and human intervertebral discs.
Three Surgeons In East Texas Are Successfully Integrating A Novel Stem Cell Procedure For Spine Surgeries
A new breakthrough in adult stem cell technology has three Texarkana neurosurgeons leading their industry by utilizing concentrated stem cells for spine surgery. The innovative technique is improving the desired results of surgical interventions for back pain. Leading researchers in the orthopedic and spine industry are predicting the latest developments in this field of medicine will become mainstream practice and, potentially, a standard of care for surgical treatments of severe back pain.
Back To Normal: Surgery Improves Outcomes For Spine Patients, Study Finds
People with the spine disease called degenerative spondylolisthesis — who choose surgical treatment — experience substantially greater relief from pain over time compared to those who do not have surgery, according to a new study.
AxioMed Spine Corporation Receives CE Mark For Freedom(R) Lumbar Disc
AxioMed? Spine Corporation announces the receipt of CE Mark approval for its Freedom? Lumbar Disc, an elastomeric total spinal disc replacement device. The CE Mark approval was received from the notified body after review of the company’s multi-center European clinical study and its portfolio of biocompatibility and biomechanical testing. This data also supported AxioMed’s Investigational Device Exemption approval by the US Food and Drug Administration.
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