Current strategies to counter spinal cord injury revolve around prevention through education, streamlined diagnostic process, and early decompression and stabilization of the traumatized spinal cord and surrounding structural elements. This se

Complex Cervical Conditions

Mar 16th, 2007 28m 30s

Our increasingly aging population is inherently afflicted with a rising incidence of systemic ailments, such as tumor disease, inflammatory diseases and osteoporosis. In this lecture, doctors review clinical and radiographic risk factors for pa

Motion-preserving Surgery of the Spine

Mar 16th, 2007 57m 6s

In the reconstruction efforts of non-traumatic, non-malignant conditions of the cervical spine, increasing efforts are underway to avoid fusion surgery, in order to avoid potential propagation of disc degeneration while utilizing minimally inva

Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery

Mar 16th, 2007 28m 27s

Anterior neck surgery allows for a very meaningful and complete surgical decompression of a compromised spinal cord and nerve roots. Limitations of this technique, however, exist in terms of its potential to achieve a successful fusion, loss of

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