Scientific study of subsidence, a major cause of failure of fusion of interbody cage implants. Porous titanium implants will improve the quality of the fusion result by further limiting the potential subsidence of the implant into the bone.
The new Intracept procedure for chronic low back pain has been a success for each of the first 6 patients. This procedure is a radioablation of the basivertebral nerve to the vertebral endplate adjacent to a severely degenerative disc.
The hospitals are open for all essential elective surgery again in San Antonio. Essential includes people who have substantial pain or neurological complaints or problems with painful arthritis limiting their daily activities and causing disability.
A new procedure called Intracept is a safe outpatient treatment for Chronic Low Back Pain that delivers excellent long term pain relief and return to activities.
In San Antonio, As of June 30 2020 nonessential surgeries are postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are able to do outpatient and 23-hour surgery. This resource was created to help address questions and concerns patients may have about the impact of C
We’ve all been inundated with negative news about Covid-19 for the past three months, and while the virus is still out there, there is a lot of new information that shows a return to normalcy could just be around the corner. For the vast majority of us, we
Summary of our return to normal and questions and answers about returning to elective Orthopedic surgery.
Discuss changes in office and surgery at 60 days of Covid-19 storm as we return to work.
The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has taken the world by storm. We are coming out of the darkness and returing to more normal surgeries and office practice.
Programs to offer COVID safe surgery at COVID free hospitals are developing.
We are in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. I am forced by all the palpable forces at work to make changes to my practice that will allow protection and safety of our patients and families.
Regarding surgical recommendation for someone who has daily pain and limitation of daily activities related to neck or back problems I highly recommend consideration of outpatient surgery for you or family member at a facility as described that has the low
Having both total hip and a lumbar fusion with alterations of your sagittal balance and pelvic tilt may make you at greater risk for dislocation of that total hip.
Americans borrowed $88 billion last year to pay unexpected healthcare costs. 5 million adults say they had a health issue but didn't seek treatment due to cost. Nearly a quarter had to cut back on spending to pay for health care or medicine.
In a recent thread, Mexico’s complicity in trafficking synthetic fentanyl was discussed. The thread also included some horrifying statistics on opioid deaths in the US. That thread only examined the trafficking part of the fentanyl story. There is another
