New device to treat spinal stenosis offered at UCLA

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Uploaded by on Dec 13, 2007

Instead of permanently joining (fusing) vertebrae with metal rods and screws, and therefore restricting movement, the new procedure uses the Anatomic Facet Replacement System (AFRS) device that attaches to each of two adjacent vertebrae with a movable joint that mimics the spine's natural joint.

Update: This procedure is no longer available. Please contact the UCLA Spine Center for alternative treatment options at www.spinecenter.ucla.edu or 310-319-3475

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  • How do I find out if I am a right patient for this procedure?

  • @TKotrba Talk to your doctor. He or she can help determine if this procedure is right for you.

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  • call me i need it i'll be test one?..tee 661 326 1604

  • Wow. This is new to me. Amazing!

  • i have tried all doctors in pakistan but there no cure found here

  • disk compression from neck to lumber spine , he had no symptoms of pain or anything except for numbness and bilateral foot drop , further he had urine flow and stool flow problems after his first operation due to some nerve compression at lumber spine ,

  • hey i need your email adress so that i can mail you the required documents , my dad has suffered from a disease called spinal stenosis , for the past 15 odd years he has been goin through a lot of misery as he had two operations the first one in 2007 in which the doctor was an orthopedic and he just did the leminecty of L3-s1 which in the opinion of other neurosurgeons was not done appropriately , the second operation he had was fixation of level L-4 and L-5 , he has multiple level of

  • I have a grade 1 spondylolisthesis at L5-S1 and I wonder if it could be a solution. If not, why. Thank you

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