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BlogsA surgical robotic system goes one step further using advanced images while deploying a robotic component. This technology is controlled by the surgeon through use of a console panel or other...
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4 Water Exercises That Can Help Strengthen Your Spine
Why not take your workout to the pool? The buoyancy of the water decreases the amount of pressure on your bones and joints by supporting some of your body weight. Aquatic exercise is a great way to... -
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Spine Check: Common Back Injuries in Hockey
The bottom line is that there are plenty of ways to get hurt playing hockey. And while back and neck injuries are not nearly as common in the game as head, leg and shoulder trauma, both recreational... -
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Lebron James Sits out Preseason Games Following Injection for Back Pain
If 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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Football Season Brings Increased Risk of Back Injuries
As 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
The 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... -
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Dr. Patel Leads Robotics and Technology Discussions at Nass Annual Meeting in Chicago
Dr. 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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Chicago Bulls Player Mike Dunleavy Is Latest Top Athlete to Undergo Lumbar Microdiscectomy
Chicago 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...
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Tiger’s Second Microdiscectomy: Perhaps Not so Surprising?
Tiger Woods’s announcement late last week that he recently underwent a second microdiscectomy procedure came as a shock to many fans who’d noticed some improvement in his game during recent weeks...
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Chetan Patel, MD to Lead Spine Society’s Robotics and Navigation Efforts Through 2018
Internationally renowned orthopaedic spine surgeon Chetan Patel, MD will continue his leadership of the North American Spine Society’s (NASS) Robotics & Navigation Section through 2018 following re...