Recent Blogs at AdventHealth Medical Group Spine Health
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Sports and Entertainment
Lebron James Sits out Preseason Games Following Injection for Back Pain
Estimated read time: 4 minutesIf you’re a basketball fan, you probably know that Cleveland Cavaliers forward and NBA mega-star LeBron James had to miss his team’s final two preseason games following a “precautionary” anti...
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Sports and Entertainment
Football Season Brings Increased Risk of Back Injuries
Estimated read time: 5 minutesAs a high-impact sport where big hits are…well, a BIG HIT, it’s understandable that player injuries are a fact of life on the gridiron. And although spinal trauma may run a distant fourth to knee, leg...
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Dr. Patel Performs Groundbreaking Robotic Surgery in Switzerland
Estimated read time: 4 minutesThe operation, a lumbar fusion in which Dr. Patel and Dr. Marc Morard at L ‘Hôpital du Valais in Sion, Switzerland placed four pedicle screws in a minimally invasive fashion into the vertebrae of a... -
Health Care
Dr. Patel Leads Robotics and Technology Discussions at Nass Annual Meeting in Chicago
Estimated read time: 2 minutesDr. Chetan Patel is headed to Chicago this week for the 30th annual meeting of the North American Spine Society (NASS), where he will both present and moderate a special symposium titled “Do Robotics...
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Sports and Entertainment
Chicago Bulls Player Mike Dunleavy Is Latest Top Athlete to Undergo Lumbar Microdiscectomy
Estimated read time: 4 minutesChicago Bulls forward Mike Dunleavy now has something in common with legendary golfer Tiger Woods. Both pro athletes have undergone lumbar microdiscectomy procedures over the past few weeks, and both...