Forum: iSpine
05-15-2011, 08:26 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 10,316
Mark,
Maybe decades from now they will be able...
Mark,
Maybe decades from now they will be able to take MRI or some image that can show what the problems are down to a cellular level, and the software might even be able spit what the problem/s...
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Forum: iSpine
11-13-2010, 03:01 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 22,316
this sounds great
Maybe Mark or someone else may have researched this.....Nonsurgical EXogenous crosslink Therapy (NEXT)
It sounds almost too good to be true........."the treatment will be far less inexpensive than...
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Forum: iSpine
11-01-2010, 03:06 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 6,878
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Forum: iSpine
10-29-2010, 05:51 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 6,878
Myth or money
J13, I followed a link you posted at start of thread relating to a particular doctor (who's name I won't retype). He sounded like a good guy.
He published a personal review of a number of...
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Forum: iSpine
09-22-2010, 10:45 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,329
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Forum: iSpine
09-09-2010, 10:14 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,072
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Forum: iSpine
09-09-2010, 10:10 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,771
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Forum: iSpine
09-05-2010, 10:13 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 22,316
Aaron,
I do have a little more red wine than...
Aaron,
I do have a little more red wine than usual, to help the scientific research.
I suspect that a comprehensive and disciplined multi modality approach would be needed to slow/halt/reverse...
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Forum: iSpine
09-01-2010, 10:06 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 22,316
Rob,
I have not had the fibrin procedure, but...
Rob,
I have not had the fibrin procedure, but it is one of only a few minimal approach possibilities for me. There are a number of very happy patient outcomes posted about it on the net. As Mark...
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Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs
09-01-2010, 07:18 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 17,105
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Forum: iSpine
08-30-2010, 11:35 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,897
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Forum: iSpine
08-29-2010, 11:58 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 22,316
Rev,
Nucore type procedure is 100+ times more...
Rev,
Nucore type procedure is 100+ times more desirable for patients but something seems to be holding back the development and introduction of minimal biological spine treatments. Could it be the...
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Forum: iSpine
08-28-2010, 11:26 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 6,878
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Forum: iSpine
08-27-2010, 07:01 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 22,316
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Forum: iSpine
08-26-2010, 09:08 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 10,123
Regarding the importance of preserving annular...
Regarding the importance of preserving annular integrity, this study showed progressive loss of disc height following discectomy reaching 26% by end of two years. No doubt the decrease in disc...
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Forum: iSpine
08-24-2010, 10:16 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,936
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Forum: iSpine
08-07-2010, 10:44 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 7,729
Regarding disc REgeneration I recently sent an...
Regarding disc REgeneration I recently sent an email to Dr Wim van Blitterswijk, one of the authors of the case study in the first post of this thread. with disc regeneration. I asked why no one has...
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Forum: iSpine
08-07-2010, 07:00 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,608
I previously read the regenexx site info and...
I previously read the regenexx site info and viewed the posted images. Reversal of disc degeneration, which is what we think we should see, does not appear clear cut, not to me at least.
They...
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Forum: iSpine
08-04-2010, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 7,729
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Forum: iSpine
08-03-2010, 12:18 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 7,729
Keano,
PLLD is not always safe unfortunately. ...
Keano,
PLLD is not always safe unfortunately.
Salvage operation for persistent low back pain and... [Photomed Laser Surg. 2006] - PubMed result (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16875453)
It...
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Forum: iSpine
08-03-2010, 07:03 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 7,729
Aaron,
I didn't know what the term 'cephalad'...
Aaron,
I didn't know what the term 'cephalad' meant though found it included in this site with good descriptions and MRI images of herniation types. It would be a dream to have an Fig.1 spine. ...
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Forum: iSpine
08-02-2010, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 7,729
Aaron,
I understand that extrusion is a full...
Aaron,
I understand that extrusion is a full thickness herniation including thru the outer annulus fibrosis but the herniated material is trapped beneath the vertical posterior ligament. Because it...
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Forum: iSpine
08-01-2010, 04:29 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 7,729
Thanks for responses.
Aaron…..Six years is a...
Thanks for responses.
Aaron…..Six years is a good test of time. Is your DD minor and disc herniation ‘contained’ type. These are supposed to be best criteria for success of G&C. On the other...
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Forum: iSpine
07-30-2010, 02:19 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 7,729
Seeing is believing, or is it?
Although I have been unable to work and mostly housebound for about a year, I seem to have developed an increasing determination not to have any spine surgery, and to let my body take me where it...
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Forum: iSpine
07-30-2010, 04:11 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,062
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