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• Details of Spinal Fusion Surgery

  What is fusion? How is spinal fusion achieved? Fusion is the procedure of stabilizing two or more...

• Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods

  Which Method Should be Avoided to Prevent Children with a Short Stature? The “fusion”...

• Anterior Fusion

  How is scoliosis treated with anterior spinal fusion? Anterior spinal fusion used to be popular f...

• Thoracoscopic Anterior Tethering

  Treating Scoliosis Without Applying Fusion Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering for Idiopathic Scoli...

• Posterior Spinal Fusion

  Spinal fusion generally refers to instrumented posterior spinal fusion­ performed for adolescent...

• Traumatic Vertebral Fractures in Adults

  What are Spinal Injuries? Spinal cord injuries range in severity, from a simple soft tissue traum...

• Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures

  Osteoporosis increases the likelihood of fractures due to decreased calcium levels in the structure ...

• Lumbar Disc Herniation

  Although disc herniation is a feared condition, most people can return to their daily lives within o...

• Non-surgical Treatment in Lumbar Disc Herniation

  Your doctor may offer you treatments such as: a brief period of rest anti-inflammatory drugs...

• Surgical Treatment in Lumbar Disc Herniation

  The goal of surgery is to prevent the herniated disc from injuring the nerves by pressing on them, t...

• What is Loss of Lumbar Lordosis?

  Loss of lumbar lordosis is not a disease, but rather a symptom that may accompany other spinal disea...

• Non-surgical Treatment in Cervical Disc Herniation

  Most patients will improve with non-surgical (medical) treatment or conservative care. Your docto...

• Spinal Stress Fractures (Spondylolisis)

  The spine is composed of a series of bones called vertebra connected to each other. In 5 percent of ...

• Treatment of Lombar Spinal Stenosis

  What are Treatment Options? When your doctor determines lumbar narrow canal (canal stenosis) ...

• Safety-First Principle

  Safety in Surgery One of the most important topics in spine surgery this decade is safety. Surgic...

• Scoliosis Awareness Meeting Invitation Letter

    Scoliosis Awareness Month is Beginning… TREATMENTS WHICH MAKE THE DREAMS COME T...

• What is Osteotomy Surgery?

  Osteotomy is performed in severe and rigid scoliotic and kyphotic deformities. Before the populariza...

• Minimally Invasive Scoliosis Surgery

  Recent trends in scoliosis surgery are to use smaller incisions to minimize muscle and soft tissue d...

• Pathologic Vertebral Fractures

  In patients with osteoporosis or metastatic spine tumors, the internal architecture of the vertebra ...

• Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

  New trends in spinal surgery point toward performing surgeries through smaller incisions, causing lo...

• Neuromonitorization

  Spinal cord is located in the spinal canal.  The spinal cord consists of the nerves connecting ...

• Neuromonitorization during Surgery

  The spinal cord is located in the spinal canal within the vertebra. The cord contains the nerve root...

• Treatment of Cervical Spinal Stenosis

  ­ Cervical spinal stenosis is accompanied by myelopathy and/or radiculopathy. Most patie...

• Surgical Treatment of Scoliosis

  The type of surgery for scoliosis depends on many factors such as age, magnitude and type of curvatu...

• Instrumented Posterior Spinal Fusion

  What is Spinal Fusion? The spine consists of bones named "vertebra". Strong connective ...

• Spondylolisthesis (Forward Slippage)

  Slipping of the back is seen in 5 to 10 percent of patients who visit a doctor for lower back pain. ...

• Treatment of Congenital Scoliosis

  Is Brace Treatment Effective? One of the biggest differences between congenital and idiopathic de...

• Why is Early Onset Scoliosis Deformity More Problematic Than Adolescent Deformity?

    Those with early onset create more problems for two reasons. The most important factor tha...

• Treatment of Early Onset Scoliosis

  What is the treatment of early onset scoliosis? Treatment options can be discussed in 3 groups: o...

• Treatment of Adult Scoliosis

  The selected method for the appropriate treatment of adult scoliosis is determined according to the ...

• Scheuermann’s Kyphosis

  A growing number of patients complain about the poor posture and kyphotic appearance of their childr...