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Understanding how pain is defined is important in order to learn how to better control it. For the purposes of research and medical practice, pain can be separated into three categories: • Acute pain • Chronic pain • Neuropathic pain Acute Pain One common type of pain is acute pain, currently defined as pain lasting…
Disc disease inherited Salt Lake City—USA We know that many health-related issues are influenced by genetics, now we can add symptomatic lumbar disc disease to the list. When assistant orthopedic surgery professor and researcher Alpesh A Patel from the University of Utah School of Medicine examined health and family records of 1,264 individuals with lumbar…
Healthcare services are not immune to greater economic pressures. Despite the essential nature of good healthcare, it is also subject to shifting bottom lines. An orthopedic spine surgeon from the Republic of Ireland shares his take on the human and long-term economic costs of hospital budget cuts in his country. Ireland has an orthopedic consultant…
Studies have demonstrated that the rate of non-fusion in smokers is as much as twice that found in non-smokers. Although the studies on non-fusion rates are highly variable depending upon the procedures used, the fusion rates for non-smokers is about 5% to 15% whereas in smokers it is approximately 20% to 30%, or higher. Most…
DENVER SURGEON PERFORMS FIRST CERVICAL DISC REPLACEMENT SURGERY WITH PRODISC-C ProDisc-C Total Disc Replacement is newest FDA-approved cervical disc. January 16, 2008 – Denver surgeon, Michael E. Janssen, D.O., became the first physician in the United States to perform two cervical disc arthroplasties using the latest FDA-approved cervical technology, the ProDisc-C Total Disc Replacement System,…
Center for Spinal Disorders Continues Support of Patient Education by Working with Top Pain Resource, Spine-health The Center of Spinal Disorders is pleased to announce its latest effort for providing continuous education to patients with spinal disorders via participation in the new Spine Center Excellence Program of leading back pain and neck pain resource, Spine-health.com.…