Lumbar Microdiscectomy is a procedure commonly performed by Neurosurgeons and Orthopaedic Surgeons to treat the symptoms associated with pressure upon Spinal nerve in the lower back. It is particularly effective for treating pain in the buttocks or the legs known as Sciatica. When a nerve...
Spinal problems are common. The most frequent symptom is pain, pain either in the neck or the back or radiating to the shoulder or arm or buttock or leg. When the pain radiates, it is usually due to a trapped nerve in the spine and...
Mosman Daily, 30 November 2017, page 29 A NORTH shore resident is the face of the Kolling Foundation’s Christmas appeal for the Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH), after the hospital saved his life five years ago. Kevin Luu suffered a severe, traumatic brain injury while cycling and was unable to walk...
Huge advances in technology are helping spinal surgeons achieve better outcomes for patients in ways that were never previously possible. There have been vast improvements in spinal surgery over the past 30 years. Most have been facilitated by technology that allows surgeons to better visualise spinal...
And now on nights with Steve Price it’s time for TJB health matters.Thanks to Sydney Adventist Hospital Health Care, Education, and Research, yours for life. Steve Price: And on this Monday night we are talking about brain injury awareness week which is in fact on this...
Cervical disc replacement, also known as cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA), is now freely available to private patients in Australia. MBS funding was initially removed in 2006, meaning patients had to pay for the cost of the prosthesis themselves. Even though CDA had been approved by...