Spinal fusion often involves placing metal screws with rods or plates to immobilize bones and allow them to “fuse”, or grow together. I always tell my patients that fusion is a two-part process. The first part is the actual surgery, in which the nerves are decompressed and then the metal implants are placed. However, the…
The most critical question most patients ask when we discuss lumbar fusion is their chance of success. Historically, this was a very difficult question to answer. Surgeons have known the main indications for lumbar fusion, which mostly include: lumbar spondylolisthesis (slippage of one vertebral body over another), recurrent disc herniation, or the inability to perform…
The e-sport market is expected to be a billion-dollar business in 2019. That’s “B”… billion. I guess this is why esports players consider themselves “competitive video gamers” or “professional gamers”, and want that clear distinction from just “gaming”. The esports audience is estimated to be about 450 million fans, who Livestream platforms just to watch…
“The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers” – Thomas Jefferson When Steve Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2003, he did what most patients do… he approached his treatment based on the evidence available to him. In Jobs’ case, he resisted his family’s urging…