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Monday, August 28, 2006
Back Pain Relief Without Surgery
New treatment for narrowing of the spinal canal - spinal canal stenosis - and back pain
Some neurosurgeons are now using a "magic bullet" to relieve back pain due to spinal canal stenosis without resorting to major surgery.
Medications and steroid injections are often used for this kind of back pain but when they no longer relieve the pain, there is now an alternative to surgical treatment.
Lumbar spinal stenosis is one of the most common cause of disabling back pain and the leading cause of back surgery in men over the age of 50.
The problem is that wear and tear arthritis causes spinal joints to enlarge and get big and knobby-looking. These enlarged joints can start crowding out the space for the spinal nerves and that causes severe pain in the lower back and legs.
The X-stop is a new spinal device that surgeons are having good results with. It looks like a little titanium bullet with wings.
The x-stop is implanted in a 45-minute minimally invasive procedure through a one-inch incision to reach a ligament that spans the spinal bones.
The wings clamp the bones so it can't move and this can markedly reduce the back pain intensity.
The X-Stop was approved by the Food and Drug Administration six months ago. It works best in patients who have moderate impairment and who get relief from their pain when they bend forward. Bending forward opens the spinal canal naturally. That's also what the X-Stop does.
Read more here
Some neurosurgeons are now using a "magic bullet" to relieve back pain due to spinal canal stenosis without resorting to major surgery.
Medications and steroid injections are often used for this kind of back pain but when they no longer relieve the pain, there is now an alternative to surgical treatment.
Lumbar spinal stenosis is one of the most common cause of disabling back pain and the leading cause of back surgery in men over the age of 50.
The problem is that wear and tear arthritis causes spinal joints to enlarge and get big and knobby-looking. These enlarged joints can start crowding out the space for the spinal nerves and that causes severe pain in the lower back and legs.
The X-stop is a new spinal device that surgeons are having good results with. It looks like a little titanium bullet with wings.
The x-stop is implanted in a 45-minute minimally invasive procedure through a one-inch incision to reach a ligament that spans the spinal bones.
The wings clamp the bones so it can't move and this can markedly reduce the back pain intensity.
The X-Stop was approved by the Food and Drug Administration six months ago. It works best in patients who have moderate impairment and who get relief from their pain when they bend forward. Bending forward opens the spinal canal naturally. That's also what the X-Stop does.
Read more here
