Alan Condon - Friday, March 26th, 2021 This article was originally published in Becker’s Spine Review. One of the first three-level lumbar spinal fusions at an ASC was recently performed by Jeffrey Carlson, MD, president of Orthopaedic & Spine Center in Newport News, Va. Dr. Carlson spoke with Becker’s Spine Review about what minimally invasive spine surgery means to him and… Read more »
Boyd W. Haynes III, MD In my orthopaedic practice, I am often asked age-related questions when it comes to certain surgeries. “What’s the cut-off age for this surgery and what age do I have do be before I can I have that procedure?” Only a few years ago, those questions probably mattered a lot more… Read more »
Americans are living longer and as a result are demanding a higher quality of life as they age. That means they are having to contend with some of the illness and conditions often associated with aging while at the same time trying to maintain, repair or replace the body parts that are wearing out. It… Read more »
Robert J. Snyder, MD This year, approximately 700,000 people in America will have a knee replacement surgery. In less than 10 years, this number is expected to grow to over several million as the population in the United States continues to age. Of those vast numbers of patients, some are smokers, past or current. How… Read more »
Spine surgery encompasses many aspects of patient mobility, but none as serious as spinal cord injury. Injury to the spinal cord can happen from an accident where the bones get violently moved out of position and pinch the spinal cord. This may just be an instant compression on impact than released or a sustained compression… Read more »
Here we are in February 2021 and it’s been almost a year since COVID-19 was first discovered in the United States. Goodness, have our lives changed and who’d have thought we’d still be wearing masks, physically distancing, avoiding crowds and public places with many of us continuing to work from home. We venture out to… Read more »
Avascular Necrosis is a medical term that means a loss of blood supply causing bone tissue death. While it can happen anywhere in the body there is bone, it is most often seen in the hip. This is because the hip joint blood supply is retrograde (against flow) and is dependent on channels within the… Read more »
Joel D. Stewart, MD One of the most common complaints for which I see patients is heel pain due to plantar fasciitis. Sometimes people call this heel spurs, but it’s not usually the bone that hurts. The plantar fascia is a thick band of connective tissue that runs underneath your foot and connects behind your… Read more »
Robert J. Snyder, MD Ganglion Cysts or “wens” as they are colloquially referred to, are small sacs attached to a joint or a tendon with a stalk. This stalk is the conduit for the jelly-like fluid (similar to the synovial fluid found in joints) which fills the cyst. These cysts are usually found near… Read more »
Mark W. McFarland, DO There are seven cervical vertebrae or neck bones in the human body. When one of these bones becomes fractured, commonly due to accidents like diving into shallow water, a car crash, a fall from a ladder or another height, or a collision in sports, or from having weakened bones from aging,… Read more »