I read an interesting article in the Spring/Summer 2005 issue of the National Scoliosis Foundation's newsletter "The Spinal Connection". It was about a relatively new surgery technique called "Short Segment Bone-on-Bone". It's a technique which involves fusing a much shorter segment of the spine. It's being done by Dr. Robert Gaines in Missouri. At first I thought it was primarily being done on adolescents' thoracic curves. But I wrote to Dr. Gaines and he assured me that he'd been successfully using the technique on adult lumbar curves. Since I'm not planning on having surgery in the near future, I look forward to learning more about this technique as it matures.
If anyone has any information or insight about this, I'd be very glad to hear about it.
Thanks,
Maxine
If anyone has any information or insight about this, I'd be very glad to hear about it.
Thanks,
Maxine
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