When bones turn soft Osteoporosis, a condition characterized by low bone mineral density and weakened bone structure, is a significant public health concern, affecting millions of people worldwide. Osteoporosis is effectively the loss of calcium from bones, either due to
Cleanliness is next to impossible
“Cleanliness is next to godliness.” – John Wesley A bad joke about the brand of povidone iodine scrub that I like to use got me thinking on how we prevent infections during surgery. Covid, of course, brought out an astronomical
Dusting off…
Time to dust off the inertia and expound on subjects of the Brain, Spine and Neurosurgery. WordPress sent a friendly reminder that it had updated itself and my domain provider also sent a similar friendly request for the annual subscription.
Spine. 101.
The spine is a wonderful thing. Its flexible, yet strong, made of all of the possible types of connective tissue – bone, ligaments, cartilage, fibre and closely associated with enough muscle and tendon to consider the muscles an integral component
What is it we do?
If you act like you know what you’re going, you can do anything you want – except neurosurgery.
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Minimally invasive spine surgery was born from the idea that surgeons should be able to do more with less harm. Early surgeons were limited in their explorations of the human body by the lack of safe anesthesia, excessive blood loss,