Anterior Cervical Discectomy with Fusion
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Charlie MosbrookPosted
Wed 14 Apr 2010 6:00pm
I never did follow up on the last post. This animation shows the surgery I wound up having about 6 weeks ago. Everything went smoothly and I have been undergoing a lot of physical therapy since then. I spent 17 days in the hospital and was very calm through the whole thing. I thank my family and friends for seeing me through this. I ...
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Treatments for Back Injury
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Medical TeamPosted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 4:41pm
Here is a list of treatments and procedures that are commonly used to treat Back Injury:
Amputation
Diathermy
Discectomy
Physical Therapy
Spinal Fusion
These are just some of the treatments and procedures that are used to treat Back Injury.
You can connect with experts and other people who have Back Injuryin the Wellsphere communities
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Treatments for Sciatica
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Med TeamPosted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 4:41pm
Here is a list of treatments and procedures that are commonly used to treat Sciatica:
Bed rest
Discectomy
NSAIDs
Pain relief
Surgery
Treat underlying cause
These are just some of the treatments and procedures that are used to treat Sciatica.
You can connect with experts and other people who have Sciaticain the Wellsphere communities
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Lumbar Disc Herniation Treatment Options
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Dr. Eben DavisPosted
Tue 02 Jun 2009 4:33pmdiscectomy (remove the herniated disc fragments surgically).
4. Surgical Spinal fusion (fuse it all together to stabilize).
5. Surgical laminectomy (remove part of the lumbar
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Treatments for Degenerative Disc Disease
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Well MedPosted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 4:41pm
Here is a list of treatments and procedures that are commonly used to treat Degenerative Disc Disease:
Discectomy
Laminectomy
Laminotomy
Spinal Fusion
Vertebroplasty
These are just some of the treatments and procedures that are used to treat Degenerative Disc Disease.
You can connect with experts and other people who have Degenerative
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Treatments for Back Pain
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Well MedPosted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 4:41pm
Here is a list of treatments and procedures that are commonly used to treat Back Pain:
Analgesics
Anti-depressants
Aspirin
Chiropractic manipulation
Discectomy
Education
Electrothermal Therapy
Heat
Hot water bottle
Ice Pack
Laminectomy
Local heat
Mild painkillers
Muscle relaxants
NSAIDs
Pain Killers
Pain Management
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Purpose of Lumbar Supports
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Doug K.Posted
Thu 22 Jan 2009 3:57pm
"Doug,
I’ve been tuning into your blog over the past several months… great
information. After many years of chronic back pain, I’m scheduled to for
a discectomy next month. I’m actually looking forward to getting some
relief. I have a lumbar support that I where sparingly, only during
strenuous activity. What is your take on rigid plate lumbar
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Jack Nicklaus and his dedication to Egoscue
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Matt WhiteheadPosted
Mon 28 Mar 2011 1:13pm
by deteriorated disks in my lower back.
“I was told by several doctors that unless I had either a discectomy or a discectomy plus a fusion, I probably would never play golf successfully
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PLDD, Percutaneous Laser Disc Decompression
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Mark LevinPosted
Wed 20 Jul 2011 6:35am
The percutaneous laser discectomy is a procedure which consists of passing a side firing laser probe into specific regions of a lumbar or cervical disc under X-Ray.... 2000;(3):CD001350.
Patrick A Brouwer et al, Effectiveness of percutaneous laser disc decompression versus conventional open discectomy in the treatment of lumbar disc
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