ORLive Presents: Anterior Cervical Discectomy With Fusion
Premiere Webcast: From McLeod OR of Tomorrow at McLeod Health: May 11, 2007 at 12:00 PM EDT (16:00 UTC)
Apr. 23, 2007 08:55 PM
FLORENCE, SC -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/23/07 -- In a premiere broadcast on May 11th, at 12:00
PM EDT (16:00:00 UTC) join Neurosurgeon Andrew Rhea and Orthopaedic surgeon
Bill Edwards as they demonstrate Innovative Reconstructive Care of the Cervical
Spine on www.or-live.com.
Spine
disorders account for an estimated 130 million outpatient, hospital and
emergency room visits in the U.S. each year -- to put this in perspective
total health care expenditures on neck and back pain represented 1%
of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product. The enormous costs for care and lost
productivity together pose a double-barrel threat to the economy, but also,
continued access to affordable care for patients.
Innovations in cervical spine surgery have
radically changed the cost and outcomes of care. Surgery has become less
invasive, leading to shorter recovery and lower hospital bills. Along with
techniques that spare normal tissues and reduce postoperative pain and
disability, motion preservation with artificial disks, rather than
fusion, have the potential to alter the future course of the disease.
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