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The Promise of Regenerative Medicine

Current regenerative medicine strategies excite me for a couple of key reasons. For starters, these therapies are largely directed at treating the underlying cause of a disease rather than the end consequence. The idea is to cure the problem instead of endlessly managing a chronic condition. I went into neurosurgery because I absolutely love performing […]

The Importance of Disc Height Preservation – Keep Your Tall Spine!

Blog 1 of “The Tall Spine” gives insight into the intervertebral discs, the very cushions that keep your spine tall! These remarkable cartilaginous structures cushion and stabilize the spine from head to sacrum. The spine is made up of 7 cervical vertebrae, 12 thoracic vertebrae, and 5 lumbar vertebrae. These 24 spinal vertebrae are stacked on […]