Why is it different? Hip replacement surgery has been used to treat joint disease since the 1960s. It replaces the head of the thigh bone and the ball-and-socket mechanism in the hip with artificial implants. Traditionally, the operation was done making a 10- to 12-inch incision on the side of the hip. The muscles would…
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Medicine is really going high tech!
Adam Krzeczowski, with Mazor Robotics, trained some of Atlanta’s best neurosurgeons and orthopedic spine surgeons on North Fulton Hospital’s new Mazor robot for spine surgery. Charles Weaver, MD, Jason Velez, DO, Herschel Beker, MD, Dan Moore, MD, and Terry Williams, Surgical Tech are in the picture, and Tom Belknap, MD also attended the training but is not…
Read MoreNorth Fulton Hospital Offers New Robotic Spine Surgery
Roswell, Georgia (May 17, 2013) — North Fulton Hospital is one of the first in Atlanta to offer adults needing spine surgery a minimally invasive procedure using the Mazor Robot. This advanced technology, combined with the expertise of the hospital’s board certified orthopedic spine surgeons and neurosurgeons, may provide less rehabilitation from surgery and get patients…
Read MoreManaging Chronic Pain
What can be sharp or dull, can come and go or be constant, and be one place at a time or all over? If you answered pain, you would be right. Pain is a feeling that originates in the nervous system. If you did not feel pain, you could seriously injure yourself without knowing it…
Read MoreBack and Neck Pain: The Basics of Spinal Injections
Just about everyone will experience the discomfort, twinge, ache or soreness of back and neck pain at some point in their lives. It may be due to over-activity, disk injury or degeneration, general wear and tear, spinal stenosis (narrowing of the space around the spinal cord), or scoliosis (an abnormal curve of the spine). Depending…
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