Somerset: Pioneering spine surgery helping patients to recover
The technique uses an internal camera and aims to reduce patients’ pain and hospital stay. Source link
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Nitrous oxide: Laughing gas users risk spine damage, say doctors
Medics at a London hospital are seeing so many risky cases they have drawn up treatment guidelines. Source link
BLK-Max introduces advanced integrated robotic system for spine surgery – ET HealthWorld
New Delhi: BLK-Max Super Specialty Hospital introduced an advanced integrated robotic system for spine surgery. The software platform is designed to increase the safety and accuracy of spine surgery and provides support to the spine surgical suite where precision and accuracy are key factors for best outcomes. The technology utilises artificial intelligence (AI) to visualise … Read more
Your Back Hurts More Than a Neanderthal’s and Here’s Why
March 25, 2022 — If you’re one of the 65 million Americans — about 1 in 4 adults — who have recently had lower back pain, blame it on the Industrial Revolution. Scientists recently learned that the massive changes in lifestyles during this time of transformation at work led to changes in our spines and … Read more
Paralysed man with severed spine walks thanks to implant
So far nine people have received the implant and regained the ability to walk. None of them use it to help them walk in their everyday lives – because it’s too complicated at this stage. Instead, they use it to practise walking – which exercises their muscles, improves their health – and often, restores a … Read more
Top Reason for Teen Spine Injuries: Not Wearing Seat Belts
By Robert PreidtHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, May 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Two-thirds of spinal fractures suffered by American children and teens occur in car crashes when they aren’t wearing seat belts, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed data on more than 34,500 U.S. patients younger than 18 who suffered spinal fractures between 2009 and 2014. … Read more