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.
I have been involved with others in a study of subsidence of interbody cages where the hypothesis is that the new porous materials used in the interbody cages will decrease the rate and the amount of subsidence of the cage into the bone. Subsidence has always been the main factor in delayed nonhealing of the fusion and loss of the normal sagittal curvature of the spine. This week is the Orthopedic Research Society meeting. The meeting is being conducted by Zoom remotely. We are presenting 3 papers by oral poster presentation at the Orthopedic Research Society. We most recently have combined the biomechanical results of our studies with the biological studies of subsidence in an animal model. This combined research validates the results of our biomechanical studies showing a direct improvement in the incidence of subsidence as well as in the subsidence displacement of the implant in the bone. THe use of porous Titanium implants in the interbody space will improve the quality of the fusion result by further limiting the potential subsidence of the implant into the bone.
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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.