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Spinal Surgery: The Newest Pre-Operative Tool Your Surgeon Must Know About
Are you concerned about an upcoming scoliosis
surgery , orthopaedic surgery , back surgery, or other
spine
surgery ? Here is a ground-breaking tool that is allowing
surgical professionals to be more accurate and accurate . It’s
the new 3-D model of the patient’s actual skeleton. This
revolutionary 3-D Anatomically Correct Reference Model (ACRM)is
made with the patients CT scan or MRI data. For the past seven
years a Master stereolithographer has been creating 3-D models.
His 3-D model helps surgical professional’s analysis and
diagnosis a problem that two-dimensional would not have
found.
Who is not afraid when the word surgery is used? However wouldn’t
it ease the mind to know that any surgical professional, spine
surgeon, neurosurgical professional, or orthopaedic surgeon could
actually perform a dry run surgery without any risk. How many
times have orthopaedic surgical professionals tried to explain
how they are going to perform the surgery by using x-rays or a
plastic skeletal model. With this anatomically correct model they
can show the patient how the surgery is performed on them.
The cost of this 3-D model is anywhere from $500 to $1000. Yes
,that seems like a lot of money, however the surgical savings
realized are much greater. By using this technology there could
be a savings of 10 to 15% of surgical time because the doctor is
better prepared. Basically if a surgery normally takes 7-10 hours
to perform it will cost upwards of $100,000 dollars. If the
surgical professional is prepared the patient is going to save on
the price of the anesthesiologist, the nursing staff as well as
the equipment due to less time in the operating room, resulting
in surgical savings of over $10,000. Wouldn’t it also speed up
recovery time?
The feedback on this new anatomically correct 3-D model is all
positive. Take this information to your surgical professional
he/she may not know about it. Ask if this is something that will
help in their practice. This revolutionary new tool is beneficial
to everyone involved. There has been surgeries performed on the
back and the doctor put the pins in the wrong area and the
surgery has to be performed again. However by using this tool it
would stop the unnecessary surgery.
The Anatomically Correct 3-D Reference Models allows the doctors
to perform the surgery correct the first time. Let this new tool
help answer questions the patient and the surgical professional
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Spine Pain: Innovative New Three-dimensional Models Save Thousands In Operation Costs
Many people experience some form of backache in the course of
their lives. Lower, or lumbar, back pain tends to be quite
prevalent and ultimately stems from the fact that we humans walk
upright, thus putting tremendous stress on the lower spine over
the years.
Back pain can be acute or chronic and derives from a variety of
causes, one of the main ones being nerve impingement. This
happens when a nerve running through the spinal column is touched
or pinched. Common causes of nerve impingement are herniated
discs and degenerated discs.
What are the treatment options for chronic lumbar pain
?
• Back braces have been found to help reduce pain by restricting
the movement of the spine
• Pain medications are often useful. However their main effect is
on the brain, resulting in
central nervous system side effects such as drowsiness and
addiction.
• Physical therapy can help as therapists employ massage, heat
treatment, whirlpool baths, ultrasound
and individualized exercises.
• Chiropractic has also been shown to have some effectiveness in
pain relief through spinal
manipulation. However the efficacy of chiropractors in chronic
pain relief has not been well established.
• Spinal decompression has had some success with bulging and
herniated discs in that it gently separates the vertebrae over a
period of weeks, helping to diffuse water, oxygen and nutrients
to the injured site.
But when all else fails, people with chronic back pain turn to
the orthopedic surgical professional to heal the cause of their
pain. Until recently, the best tools that orthopedists have had
in their diagnostic and treatment arsenals were the MRI and CT
scans.
Now, thanks to the groundbreaking, patent pending process known
as stereolithography, an actual three dimensional model of a
particular patient’s spine can be made from his or her MRI or CT
scans. An expert stereolithographer, using a bone-like powder,
creates a full-sized model that is accurate to 1/35th of a
millimeter. With such a model in front of him, the surgical
professional can determine ahead of time what instruments he or
she will actually need in the operation and even perform a
“dry-run” of the surgery, thus reducing the actual surgery time.
This in turn reduces the patient’s cost by tens of thousands of
dollars. But more importantly it also reduces the patient’s
risks.
When surgery becomes necessary, the 3D model
should be a requirement.
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