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Find out why your back hurts and whether surgery might help. By Mayo Clinic staff Oh, your aching back. Not simply an ache. This pain is serious...back problems respond to nonsurgical treatments, such as anti-inflammatory medication, ice, heat,...
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/back-surgery/HQ00305
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Posted by wallygreen on Fri, Dec 01, 2006, 4:48 pm PST I just had an injection in the lower back to relieve the pain in my left leg from sciatica. ... I really want the surgery enough is enough...
http://health.yahoo.com/experts/sportsnick/8383/back-surg...
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In this section, patients share tips and advice about how they were successful in preparing for back surgery, or things they wish they had known before. MRI before scoliosis surgery - successful update Here is updated information on my daughter's...
http://www.spine-health.com/treatment/back-surgery/prepar...
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Surgery has been a popular treatment for back pain for many years. The science of spinal surgery has improved greatly over the last few decades...spinal surgery is much more effective, and less invasive, than procedures performed in the...
http://www.cure-back-pain.org/back-surgery.html
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in certain cases, surgery can significantly help back pain sufferers. for many, it can completely abolish the pain; for others, it can greatly reducing the level of pain suffered daily. but surgery is usually a last resort, offered when non-operative treatments...
http://www.ehealthmd.com/library/backpain/BAK_shouldhave....
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In back surgery, doctors work with the aim of reducing a patientÂ’s pain by changing the spine's anatomy, especially at the lesion site. Because of this, there is no definitive guarantee that back surgery will remove back pain...
http://backandneck.about.com/od/faqs/f/failedbackfbss.htm
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Then, surgery may provide some relief...surgery, however, should only be performed in a relatively few, well-chosen cases, emphasizes Raj D. ... Rao lists these major indicators: Pain. "By far, long-term pain is the most common reason," he notes, adding...
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1031002533.html
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Facets are the joints at the back of each vertebrae (spine bone)...surgery, the facet joint is cut off and replaced by "lumbar position preservation hardware" rigidly attached so that the area can no longer bend or arch...
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/exercise_fitness/2007/08/...
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Almost everyone will experience back pain at some point in life, and 50 percent of people will have recurrent back pain within one year...Americans are expected to undergo spinal fusion surgery this year to ease back pain that has not responded to other therapies...
http://www.mamashealth.com/bodyparts/backsurg.asp
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Email article Text Only Many people want to, but have never been given any specific instructions or guidelines to follow regarding what exercises to do after back surgery. Some surgeons believe the surgery itself helps correct the problem...
http://www.disabled-world.com/artman/publish/article_2627...
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