Expert Back Pain Relief And Sciatica Treatment
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SI-BONE, a company that diagnoses and treats lower back pain, has raised $10.6 million in equity funding. New investor Skyline Ventures led the round. Using its iFuse Implant System, the San Jose-based company fuses the sacroiliac joint (SI joint), a joint in the lower pelvis, through a minimally invasive procedure. The company estimates that 15-25% [...]
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When is Laser Spine Surgery Necessary? According to the International Society for Minimal Intervention in Spinal Surgery (ISMISS) and the International Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (SICOT), laser spine surgery (or specifically endoscopic spinal surgery) is the “gold standard” for the surgical treatment of back pain, lumbar, thoracic, and cervical disc herniations with radicular [...]
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Lumbar Spine Surgery as an Option Lumbar spine surgery for back pain is only indicated when conservative treatments did not prove helpful in relieving pain, if there is severe traumatic injury, and if the patient shows signs of progressive neurological deficits (loss of bladder and/or bowel control and increasing leg weakness). Abnormal spine curvatures such [...]
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Lower back surgery is actually a misnomer. What we call “lower back surgery” is specifically lumbar spine surgery or lower spinal surgery. There are only a few indications for lower spinal surgery. These are… When conservative treatment is not effective in reducing pain When there are signs of focal neurologic deficits, such as leg weakness, [...]
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