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Spine Repair Effective in Cancer Patients (CME/CE)

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    (MedPage Today) -- Balloon kyphoplasty reduced pain and improved function in cancer patients with vertebral compression fractures in a randomized trial, researchers said...

    Spine Repair Effective in Cancer Patients (CME/CE) (click here for the full article at MedPage Today)

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    • 1994: Football Injury, Severe Hyperextension
    • 1997: Snow Skiing Injury
    • 3/7/1997: Laminotomy L4/L5
    • 1999 & 2003: Motor Vehicle Accidents (not at fault both times) --> Grade V Annular Tears L4/L5 & L5/L6
    • 11/15/2003: 2-Level ProDisc® L4/L5 & L5/L6*, *lumbosacral transitional vertebra --> Dr. Rudolf Bertagnoli
    • 4/2008: 4.5 years pain-free before "new" leg pain
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    How wonderful for these cancer patients to experience the significant reduction in pain obtained by this procedure. Everyone deserves a chance at relief from pain, cancer patients being no exception. This study was very hopeful to me. And I liked the Dr.'s attitude too. He sounded like he really had compassion for the subjects. Thank-you for sharing this article Justin. CL
    • January 2000 MVA passenger, used jaws of life to retrieve me, neck injury and months of PT
    • June 2001 Bicycle accident, 2 compression fractures at T12/L1, Vertebroplasty Sept. 2001
    • April 2006 right hip, labral tear and repair
    • April 2007 3 level ProDisc @ L3/4, L4/5 & L5/6✷ ✷Lumbosacral transitional vertebra; Dr. Rudolph Bertagnoli
    • July 2, 2008 ALIF & Laminectomy @ L6/S1
    • July 30, 2008 re-opened 28 days later to remove bone cement that had leaked onto S1 nerve root
    • August 2008 Pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, re-hospitalized 1 week
    • March 10, 2009 Right SI Joint Fusion
    • April 27, 2010 2nd right hip arthroscopy to remove adhesions and release psoas muscle
    • September 30, 2010 lumbar facet rhizotomy
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    • February 15, 2011 ESI bilaterally in lower lumbar...relief only for few days. Considering 1 more.
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