Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery: Are You a Candidate? \n");
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document.write(" Only ten years ago if you had spine surgery, you could expect a long recovery, in some cases, as much as a year. Now, thanks to Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery (MISS), what used to result in a week long hospital stay has been reduced to a few days or less.
Spondylolysis / Spondylolisthesis \n");
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document.write(" Spondylolisthesis is a slippage of one vertebral body over another.
Cervical Myelopathy \n");
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document.write(" Cervical myelopathy is a syndrome where there is pressure on the spinal cord or on the blood vessels of the spinal cord.
Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery (MISS) \n");
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document.write(" Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery (MISS) is more and more becoming the method of choice over traditional surgery.
Low Back Pain \n");
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document.write(" Low back pain is a very common problem. About 90 percent of adults in the United States during their lifetime will have an episode of back pain.
Thoracic Disc Herniation \n");
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document.write(" The incidence of thoracic disc herniation is low compared to that of cervical or lumbar disc herniation, likely due to the unique anatomy and function of the thoracic spine.
The Future for Back and Neck Pain \n");
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document.write(" There has probably never been a more exciting time for patients with back and neck pain.
Osteoporosis \n");
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document.write(" Osteoporosis is an age related disorder that consists of decreased bone mass and increased susceptibility to fractures.
Lumbar Disc Replacement Instead of Lumbar Fusion \n");
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document.write(" With new technique, doctors remove the disc and replace it with an artificial one.