Endoscopic disc surgery helps reduce the need for spinal fusion surgery
Endoscopic disc surgery helps reduce the need for spinal fusion surgery Home spinal fusion surgery Minimally invasive spine surgery techniques have tremendously changed the way spine surgery is performed over the last couple of decades. Minimising the amount of muscle dissection as well as resection of bone, while achieving adequate decompression of the neural structures […]
Osteoporosis: Early detection is the key to prevent fractures.
Osteoporosis: Early detection is the key to prevent fractures. Home Osteoporosis “Osteo” means bone and “porosis” means porous. Osteoporotic bone has less bone mass per unit volume. Post-menopausal women are most commonly affected although men beyond 70 years of age are also affected less commonly. People with severe liver or kidney function impairment or those […]
Avoidable fear & its undesirable impact on spinal disorders.
Avoidable fear & its undesirable impact on spinal disorders Home Avoidable fear & its undesirable impact on spinal disorders One of the most striking features I see everyday in my clinical practice dealing with spinal problems is the fear factor that comes along with them. Fear affects multiple aspects of spine health and treatment: fear that the pain […]
MRI of the spine can be a double edged sword. How?
MRI of the spine can be a double edged sword. How? Home double edged sword MRI imaging of the spine is an important tool to diagnose and treat spinal disorders. It has tremendously changed the way we understand the disorders of the spine. So, the MRI imaging of the spine is the most important investigation that helps […]