Items Tagged ‘neck surgery’
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Kaiser Gets Karate Teacher Back on Her Feet
“She was sitting in my office and she showed me this video of herself doing karate,” says Dr. Michael Kaiser from the Spine Center. “I was impressed by how much she had already recovered. It had only been six months since her operation.” He’s talking about 60 year old Lisa Schwartz, a...
Posted on Nov 14, 2011 by Department Author In Blog, Spine Center Blog -
Peyton Manning Has Surgery for Pinched Nerve in his Neck
According to the Boston Globe early this month, football superstar Peyton Manning just had surgery in Chicago for a pinched nerve in his neck. While the details of his condition were not released, surgeons at our Spine Center say they routinely see patients for this kind of problem and...
Posted on Mar 16, 2010 by Department Author In Blog, Spine Center Blog -
"Treat the Patient Not the Image," Reminds Spine Surgeon

Just as you can't know a person just by their photo, surgeons can't make clinical decisions based solely on X-Ray or MRI images. Whether the images look good or bad, they have to consider the whole person. This is especially true when it comes to a degenerative disorder involving the spinal cord...
Posted on Dec 30, 2009 by Department Author In Blog, Spine, Spine Center Blog