Sentences with phrase «lumbar surgeries»

The collision caused a back injury requiring 7 lumbar surgeries.

Some serious auto accident cases result in broken bones, fractures, and on the more serious side — lumbar surgery, or cervical, or thoracic spine surgery.These are the terms often used in the medical field to describe serious neck and back injury surgery after an auto accident.

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and «No BLT's» stated the nurse at the Carolina Neurosurgical and Spine Center in a pre-surgery class filled with a group of patients and their primary care takers preparing for upcoming lumbar fusion surgery.

Tiger, at 42, is making his second official start of the year after undergoing his fourth back surgery, a lumbar fusion, in April.

The researchers analyzed 2012 Medicare data on the costs of two common types of spinal fusion surgery: anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and posterior lumbar fusion (PLF).

A new study appearing in the February 4th issue of the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (JBJS) found significant benefit from surgical treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis with and without degenerative spondylolisthesis — debilitating spinal conditions causing leg and back pain, numbness and weakness — and no higher overall complication rate and no higher mortality for patients age 80 and older when compared to patients younger than age 80.

Based on the results of this study, surgery should be considered a viable treatment option for these lumbar conditions in patients older than age 80.

It is the first study that clearly compared outcomes between surgery and an evidence - based, standardized physical therapy approach for lumbar spinal stenosis.

These studies examined the impact of SBML on clinical skills, including management of ICU patients on ventilators; catheter insertion; lumbar puncture (spinal tap); laparoscopic surgery; and communicating with a chronically ill patient about goals of care.

Brain and spinal cord tumors Minimally invasive spine surgery Epilepsy and seizures Head and spinal cord injuries Hydrocephalus and normal pressure hydrocephalus Neurovascular problems: including brain aneurysm, aortic aneurysm and abdominal aortic aneurysm, carotid artery disease and arteriovenous malformations Parkinson's disease, essential tremor and other movement disorders Pain syndromes and peripheral nerve disease Degenerative scoliosis, lumbar and cervical stenosis

To its credit, surgery (endoscopic or the traditional lumbar - disc repair) does relieve lower - back pain in 85 to 90 percent of cases, docs say.

In cases where the cause of sciatica is lumbar disc herniation, surgery is the most common approach.

Mr. Black has recently undergone surgery to have his spine fused and screws inserted into his lumbar.

The surgery might also include fusing the last lumbar vertebrae to the sacrum, according to the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine.

A CT scan confirmed a lumbar spinal fracture with compression of the spinal cord, and Smokey was taken to surgery to remove the compressive bony fragments and stabilize the fracture.

Plaintiff underwent surgery consisting of a mini-open retro - peritoneal exposure of the lumbar spine with an anterior lumbar interbody decompression and fusion; partial vertebral corpectomy and a lumbar implant L5 - S1.

Performing back surgery in Warwickshire he has operated on over 5,000 lumbar spines, including 350 spinal fusions; and over 1,000 cervical spines (necks).

She was treated at St. Mary's Hospital and followed up at The Chicago Medical Center where she was prescribed lumbar fusion surgery.

Dynamic and dedicated health care professional with extensive experience, training, and clinical exposure in the field of health care with emphasis in surgery involving neurosurgical and orthopedic cases with specialization in lumbar and cervical procedures.

Denver, Colorado About Blog Blog by Dr. Anant Kumar in Denver with Colorado Spine And Scoliosis specializes in degenerative cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine surgery.

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