Forum: iSpine
11-03-2013, 11:44 PM
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Forum: iSpine
10-31-2013, 12:13 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,991
Jim,
Coufal sees patients up in Anaheim...
Jim,
Coufal sees patients up in Anaheim every other week. The hospital he works in there is excellent. He used to have some other satellite offices you might want to look into. (Woops... I see...
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Forum: Insurance Issues
10-30-2013, 11:57 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,277
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
10-30-2013, 11:50 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,979
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Forum: iSpine
10-28-2013, 01:47 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 5,577
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Forum: iSpine
10-15-2013, 05:02 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 11,012
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Forum: iSpine
10-15-2013, 04:59 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 11,012
Archie,
You've revived a thread that is a...
Archie,
You've revived a thread that is a year old. Try sending a private message to Mr. Spine. If you don't hear back in a few days, contact me and I'll see if I can reach him.
I don't have...
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Forum: iSpine
10-14-2013, 07:25 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,019
Maria, sorry, but I just don't know. Judy, did...
Maria, sorry, but I just don't know. Judy, did they knock you out? General anesthesia may not be OK for someone really old or frail. I think that bone is very highly innervated, so I would expect...
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Forum: iSpine
10-13-2013, 04:26 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,019
Judy,
What was your experience with...
Judy,
What was your experience with kyphoplasty? I've heard that it can yield immediate and complete relief. (obviously, it can only relieve the pain associated with the fracture that it...
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Forum: iSpine
10-12-2013, 05:58 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,019
Judy,
Regarding your fractures, I believe...
Judy,
Regarding your fractures, I believe that kyphoplasty is commonly used to stabilize burst fractures that occur in older and osterporotic patients. It seems like a reasonable idea to use it...
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Forum: iSpine
10-10-2013, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,610
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Forum: iSpine
10-10-2013, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,356
Nelly, I hope you don't mind, but I moved this...
Nelly, I hope you don't mind, but I moved this thread from surgical outcomes to the main iSpine forum.
Regarding your pillow question, I think that everyone has their own unique experience with...
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Forum: iSpine
10-09-2013, 09:15 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,610
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Forum: iSpine
10-09-2013, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,610
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Forum: iSpine
10-09-2013, 07:44 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,610
Karin, I'm so sorry that you are having to go...
Karin, I'm so sorry that you are having to go through this.
Just last night, I was speaking to a woman who's been dealing with large and progressing syrinxes for more than a decade. There are CSF...
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Forum: iSpine
10-08-2013, 01:13 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,680
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Forum: iSpine
10-07-2013, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 9,474
Billy Bob, it's hard to make people understand...
Billy Bob, it's hard to make people understand about chronic pain. I spent most of my adult life as an athlete and could work through severe pain. Lower levels of pain that lasts weeks, months or...
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Forum: iSpine
10-07-2013, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,705
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Forum: iSpine
10-02-2013, 11:12 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,256
Nelly,
You posted that you have not seen a...
Nelly,
You posted that you have not seen a doctor yet about your back problems. It is very uncommon to see someone researching spine surgeries before they have any idea if they are even a...
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Forum: iSpine
10-01-2013, 02:03 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,957
Nelly, the theory behind artifical discs is...
Nelly, the theory behind artifical discs is 'motion preservation'. The alternative is typically fusion. When motion is removed by fusing segments together, excessive load is transmitted to the...
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Forum: iSpine
10-01-2013, 01:58 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,600
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Forum: iSpine
09-28-2013, 01:23 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,256
WOW Nelly! If your problem is that you can't...
WOW Nelly! If your problem is that you can't sleep more than 8-9 hours and you wake up stiff and in pain; and if you get better after you get up and around... that is great! Most of the spine...
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Forum: iSpine
09-28-2013, 01:18 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,610
I've seen some pretty amazing recoveries from...
I've seen some pretty amazing recoveries from very big and complex surgeries that should have a relatively low success rate. I've also seen bad outcomes from easy, minimally invasive surgeries. ...
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Forum: iSpine
09-28-2013, 01:16 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,661
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Forum: iSpine
09-25-2013, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,431
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