Surgery for spinal stenosis is not as controversial as other conditions of the spine, where much debate exists at to whether surgery is the best option. It is generally accepted that severe, impairing stenosis of the cervical or lumbar spine should be treated with surgery, although there is often considerable room for therapy for those [...] Read more »
What is Spinal Stenosis?
Spinal Stenosis Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of spaces in the spine (backbone) that results in pressure on the spinal cord and/or nerve roots. This disorder usually involves the narrowing of one or more of three areas of the spine: (1) the canal in the center of the column of bones (vertebral or spinal column) [...] Read more »
RMC offers groundbreaking new procedure for LSS patients
More than one million people are diagnosed and treated each year in the United States for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), a condition that occurs from the narrowing of the spinal canal. Peter Staats, M.D., in conjunction with Riverview Medical Center, is offering LSS patients a groundbreaking new procedure, mild (minimally invasive spinal decompression) that safely and therapeutically reduces pain and improves mobility. Read more »
Patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis do not benefit from epidural steroid injections
Researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson examined data on patients being treated for lumbar stenosis and the degenerative spine condition spondylolisthesis and found that patients who received epidural steroid injections (ESI) had a higher rate of crossover to surgery and fared worse in physical health and bodily pain versus those who did not receive ESI, dispelling their pre-study hypothesis. Read more »
Neurosurgeon Dr. Gowriharan Thaiyananthan Performs New Spinal Renewal Treatment – Becker’s Orthopedic & Spine
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AromaWraps.com: An Online Blog and Aromatherapy Wraps Vendor (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
AromaWraps.com has released several new blog entries about aromatherapy and the site owner, Linda Raeker, has garnered BBB accreditation for her business, Linda’s Aroma Therapy Wraps. Read more »
Spinal Fusion
Spinal fusion is a “welding” process by which two or more of the small bones (vertebrae) that make up the spinal column are fused together with bone grafts and internal devices such as metal rods to heal into a single solid bone. The surgery eliminates motion between vertebrae segments, which may be desirable when motion [...] Read more »
