Back surgery

HUMC offers New Approach to Spine Surgery

By admin at 1 October, 2008, 12:30 pm

An estimated 10 million adults suffer from chronic back and leg pain annually, a condition that can limit their activities. Until recently, adults with back or leg pain have undergone traditional or “open” spine surgery, requiring weeks or months of recovery. Joanne Campbell of Oakland, a vibrant woman with a pilot’s license, stopped flying airplanes [...]

Surgical Treatment Provides New Option For Some Colorectal Cancer Patients

By admin at 1 October, 2008, 12:19 pm

Research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine suggests that a surgical technique not traditionally used in advanced abdominal cancer may be a viable treatment option for some patients previously thought to be untreatable, offering the real possibility of extending survival for those patients.

Baltimore Cosmetic Surgery Patients Share Their Breast Augmentation

By admin at 30 September, 2008, 11:27 pm

The Cosmetic Surgery Center of Maryland has announced plans to be featured in an exclusive segment scheduled to air every Monday through January, 2009 on WMAR’s “ABC2 Housecalls” during the national program “The Doctors” (4-5 p.m. daily). Baltimore plastic surgeon, Dr. Michael Cohen, the region’s leading expert on breast augmentation, breast lift and breast reduction, [...]

Sabres center Gaustad out after having thumb surgery

By admin at 30 September, 2008, 11:16 pm

Buffalo Sabres center Paul Gaustad will miss up to the first three weeks of the regular season. Gaustad under went surgery today to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb he hurt during a fight in Buffalo’s 2-1 shootout loss to Minnesota on Sunday. The Sabres re-signed Gaustad to a 4-year, $9 million contract [...]