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Lumbar Spinal Fusion Table of Contents Lumbar Spinal Fusion Most Common Causes of Lumbar Back Pain Your Visit With The Surgeon Getting Yourself Ready For Surgery Understanding Back Precautions Making Arrangements For Surgery Your Hospital Visit Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery Recovery At Home When To Call Your Surgeon Long Term Care For Your Back More … Read more
Lumbar Spinal Fusion Table of Contents Lumbar Spinal Fusion Most Common Causes of Lumbar Back Pain Your Visit With The Surgeon Getting Yourself Ready For Surgery Understanding Back Precautions Making Arrangements For Surgery Your Hospital Visit Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery Recovery At Home When To Call Your Surgeon Long Term Care For Your Back More … Read more
Your spinal fusion has a limited range of safe motion while it is healing. For about four months following surgery, you must follow special back precautions to protect your new fusion. These precautions will help to prevent injury to your back until it heals. While you are in the hospital, your healthcare team will constantly … Read more
Lumbar Spinal Fusion Table of Contents Lumbar Spinal Fusion Most Common Causes of Lumbar Back Pain Your Visit With The Surgeon Getting Yourself Ready For Surgery Understanding Back Precautions Making Arrangements For Surgery Your Hospital Visit Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery Recovery At Home When To Call Your Surgeon Long Term Care For Your Back More … Read more
Lumbar Spinal Fusion Table of Contents Lumbar Spinal Fusion Most Common Causes of Lumbar Back Pain Your Visit With The Surgeon Getting Yourself Ready For Surgery Understanding Back Precautions Making Arrangements For Surgery Your Hospital Visit Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery Recovery At Home When To Call Your Surgeon Long Term Care For Your Back More … Read more
Back Pain Approximately 90% of individuals will have an episode of back pain at some point in their lifetimes. Of these 90%, approximately 50-60% individuals will have recurrent back pain. Bottom line, back pain is very common. Most importantly, 90% of the time, back pain will resolve by 6 weeks. That being said, while most … Read more
Before discussing lumbar fusion, it will be useful to briefly review the anatomy of the lumbar spine. The Lumbar Spine Vertebrae are the 24 bones that appear to be chained together to make up the backbone or vertebral column. The lumbar spine, specifically, is made up of five lumbar vertebrae located between the thoracic spine … Read more
Table of Contents Lumbar Spinal Fusion Most Common Causes of Lumbar Back Pain Your Visit With The Surgeon Getting Yourself Ready For Surgery Understanding Back Precautions Making Arrangements For Surgery Your Hospital Visit Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery Recovery At Home When To Call Your Surgeon Long Term Care For Your Back A patient and family … Read more
The term thrombophlebitis means inflammation of the veins due to blood clots. Thrombophlebitis is generally found in the legs, but can occur in the hands or arms due to IV insertion. Thrombophlebitis can be of two types; superficial thrombophlebitis and deep vein thrombosis. When the clot forms in the veins, which are near the surface … Read more
Risk Factors are traits or habits that make a person more likely to develop a disease. Some risk factors for heart related problems cannot be changed, but others can be. The three major risk factors for heart disease that you can do something about are cigarette smoking, high blood pressure, and high blood cholesterol. Other risk factors, … Read more