Cervical Discogram – Test Report

Cervical Discogram Report
I was told not to drink any fluids or eat any food for 2 hours prior to my procedure. I took this advice seriously as I didn’t want to get nausea or throw up with needles stuck in my Neck.
Arrival at the Imaging Center
I arrived at the outpatient scan center, filled out the [...]

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Considering the Cost of Cervical Fusion vs. Disc Replacement

Artificial Cervical Disc Surgery Cheaper Than Fusion
– Kevin McKeever
HealthDay
Posted: 2008-04-28 19:05:04
Note: This article was funded by ADR Manufacturer Medtronic, maker of the FDA Approved prestige Cervical Artificial Disc. The real cost of surgery is not just in the upfront expenses.
MONDAY, April 28 (HealthDay News) — Treating cervical degenerative disc disease by surgically implanting an artificial [...]

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Motion Preservation Surgery of the Spine: Advanced Techniques and Controversies: Expert Consult: Online and Print

Motion Preservation Surgery Text Book
by James J. Yue (Author), Rudolph Bertagnoli (Author), Paul C. McAfee (Author), Howard S. An (Author)
Book Link: Motion Preservation Surgery
This is the most authoritative text available at the time of this writing (August 2008).
* Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
* Pub. Date: June 2008
Product Description
New motion-preserving devices are revolutionizing spine surgery but the [...]

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Heterotopic Ossification in Total Cervical Artificial Disc Replacement.

Cervical Spine
Spine. 31(24):2802-2806, November 15, 2006.
Mehren, Christoph MD *; Suchomel, Petr MD, PhD +; Grochulla, Frank MD *; Barsa, Pavel MD +; Sourkova, Petra MD +; Hradil, Jan MD +; Korge, Andreas MD *; Mayer, H Michael MD, PhD *
Abstract:
Study Design. Prospective clinical study enrolled in 2 centers (Munich and Liberec) as part of a [...]

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clarity of the Bryan(R), Prodisc-C(R), Prestige LP(R), and PCM(R) Cervical Arthroplasty Devices.

Diagnostics
Spine. 32(6):673-680, March 15, 2007.
Sekhon, Lali H. S. MBBS, PhD, FRACS *; Duggal, Neil MD, FRCS(C) +; Lynch, James J. MD, FRSC I *; Haid, Regis W. MD ++; Heller, John G. MD [S]; Riew, K Daniel MD [//]; Seex, Kevin MBBS, FRACS, FRCS [P]; Anderson, Paul A. MD **
Abstract:
Study Design. Prospective, randomized, controlled and [...]

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Multiple-Level Arthroplasty With PCM Disc May Be as Effective as Single-Level Replacement

Note: This article was originally published in 2005, and is based on a Study done in Brazil. The device used was the PCM from Cervitech.
April 20, 2005 (New Orleans) — With two-year follow-up data on just under 100 patients, it appears that multiple-level arthroplasty with the Porous Coated Motion (PCM) cervical disc is as effective [...]

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Dangers of Relying Solely on X-Ray for Diagnosis of Cervical Disc Problems

Case Report Acute Cervical Disc Lesions
A 6′6″ tall basketball playing student was involved in a fracas with gate crashers at his sister’s birthday party and was severely beaten up by six soldiers. He subsequently suffered neck and arm pain and was seen at a hospital on several occasions and told that because his pain [...]

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5 Painful Facts You Need to Know

By Robert Roy Britt, LiveScience Managing Editor
http://www.livescience.com/health/080725-pain-facts.html
5 Painful Facts You Need to Know
First off, let’s set the record straight: Pain is normal. About 75 million U.S. residents endure chronic or recurrent pain. Migraines plague 25 million of us. One in six suffer arthritis.
The global pain industry peddles more than $50 billion in drugs a [...]

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A Doctor that Specializes in Pain Management is a Physiatrist!

A Physiatrist (Pain Management Doctor) is the specialist to help you with non-surgical “conservative” treatments to reduce pain. These Doctors use many injection therapies and do no “cure” pain, they only treat it. Do not confuse Physiatrist with a Psychiatrist or Psychologist who treat mental disorders – not pain.

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5 Pain Treatment Methods for Spinal Related Pain

About these Spinal Pain Treatment Modalities
Treatments I list on this page are those I have not investigated throughly. I have not tried these treatments, some mainstream, some alternative. I list them only so that those of you who are visiting the site may have additional access to possible therapies. it’s hard to say I’ve [...]

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Exercise – Exercise Therapies – Yoga – Tai Chi

General Exercise
The body is designed for movement and movement aids healing, just don’t over do it! You have to remember there is no blood flow to the discs so if you do not move, the spinal fluid does not move!
Your road to recovery will be much slower or non-existent without some form of gentle [...]

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Sympathetic Nerve Blocks

Sympathetic Nerve Blocks – Peripheral Nerves consist of two systems: sensory-somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system. All of the spinal nerves are “mixed”; that is, they contain both sensory and motor neurons. All our conscious awareness of the external environment and all our motor activity to cope with it operate through the [...]

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