Spine-Pain

Chronic Pain Therapy: Spinal Cord Stimulation - Video

Beth Israel Offers Inside Look at Chronic Pain Therapy

OR-Live.com webcast February 6, 2008 at 6:00 PM From Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY As more and more Americans are working harder, living longer and looking to remain active, chronic pain has become a main focus in today’s world of pain …

“The ideal candidate for spinal cord stimulation is someone who suffers from chronic pain who has not responded to primary medications, therapies or surgery,” says Dr. Sheu. “Once evaluated by a qualified pain specialist, an appropriate patient can undergo an outpatient ‘trial’ to experience spinal cord stimulation for themselves and determine if the relief is significant enough to proceed to a longer-lasting treatment”.

With spinal cord stimulation, the electrical impulses are delivered through a lead, a specialized, insulated wire that is implanted within the spinal canal. These electrical impulses block the pain signal traveling to the brain, providing lasting pain relief for the patient.

The Spinal Cord Stimulator implant surgery is performed by Dr. Robert Sheu, Director of the Pain Division in the Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care at Beth Israel Medical Center.

A Medtronic RestoredAdvance Spinal Cord Stimulator is implanted in the patient.

The video starts off interviewing two females who received the Spinal Cord Stimulator.

The video has footage of the Spinal Cord Stimulator surgery.

The patient is awake during the implant surgery.

The video time is approximately an hour.

http://www.or-live.com/bethisrael/1867/event_flash/rnh.cfm??

Compression fractures of the spine are the most common clinical manifestations of osteoporosis. Vertebral-body compression fractures can result from bending, lifting, or other minimal stress. The collapse of vertebral bodies results in pain that might be worsened by standing or abrupt movements.

Estimated 10 million Americans have osteoporosis.

Video Runtime 1 hour

http://www.or-live.com/StJoseph/1319/event/webcast.cfm??

If you are considering an Artifical Disc Replacement surgery, the following video may be of interest.

January 26, 2005
Fabien D. Bitan, MD will perform a New Procedure for the Treatment of Degenerative Disc Disease called Total Disc Replacement with SB Charite Artificial Disc on January 26, 2005.

Dr. Bitan states in the video positioning of the Artificial Disc is critical for a successful outcome.

Details link

http://www.or-live.com/archives.cfm?browseby=specialty&id=2&event=150

Web Cast link

http://www.or-live.com/bethisrael/1245/

Video Runtime 1 hour 41 minutes

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Charite Artifical Disc

http://www.charitedisc.com/charitedev/domestic/

June 12, 2007

Orthopaedics: See an innovative lumbar fusion using Medtronic’s CD HORIZON® LEGACY™ PEEK Rod System. Live webcast 6:00 PM CDT it is presented by Medtronic of Memphis, TN

a mininaml invasive approach

runtime 1 hour

62 year old female with 2 previous surgeries

Issues discussed

Titanium rods are too rigid uncomfortable with possible breakage of the screws.

The PEEK rod with titanium screw is flexible and more like bone requires less torque.

The PEEK rod is an eliptical shape, prebent, and supposedly unbreakable.

The PEEK rod reproduces the normal load distribution of the spine.

Watching the procedure is a bit gorey, but you don’t have to watch it.

You can minimize the screen and listen to the surgeons’ discussion, which is informative.

One of the surgeon’s tools has a smiley face emblem attached to indicate his favorite tool.

The displays on the right screen are informative.

http://www.or-live.com/medtronicspinal/1856/event/webcast.cfm??

Spine Surgery: Join experts from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital as they host a webcast featuring a Lumbar Laminectomy and Transforminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF) on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 12 Noon EST

The surgeon discusses the X-Stop procedure uses for Stenosis.

The surgeon feels that the X-Stop procedure is a solution with mild Stenosis.

The patient in this surgery is a 67 year old woman with degenerative Scoliosis and Stenosis.

The surgeon explains the need to do a fusion along with a laminectomy.

The surgeon explains the use of Bone Morphogenetic Proteins and Spinal Fusion.

The surgeon states the patient has to wear a brace for 6 weeks.

Watching the procedure is a bit gorey, but you don’t have to watch it.

You can minimize the screen and listen to the surgeons’ discussion, which is informative.

http://www.or-live.com/jeffersonhospital/1657/event/webcast.cfm