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2. Scott Spann (surgeon) - Wikipedia

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   A member of numerous medical organizations, Spann is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery (certifying body of orthopedic surgeons in the United States) and Chairman of Spine Surgery at Westlake Hospital. He is also a consultant and instructor for several medical device companies, and has been a part of numerous product design ...

3. Andrew C. Hecht - Wikipedia

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   Andrew C. Hecht is an American orthopaedic surgeon and a nationally recognized leader in surgery on the spine. [1] [2]Hecht serves as the spine surgical consultant to the New York Jets, the New York Islanders and the New York Dragons, as well as collegiate teams at Hofstra University and Molloy College, [3] and is the Chief of Spine Surgery for the Mount Sinai Health System and Chief of Spine ...

4. Orthopedic surgery - Wikipedia

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   Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics (alternative spelling orthopaedics) is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. [1] Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal trauma , spine diseases , sports injuries , degenerative diseases , infections, tumors , and ...

5. List of orthopedic implants - Wikipedia

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   Orthopedic implant example seen with X-ray. An orthopedic implant is a medical device manufactured to replace a missing joint or bone, or to support a damaged bone. [1] The medical implant is mainly fabricated using stainless steel and titanium alloys for strength and the plastic coating that is done on it acts as an artificial cartilage. [2]

6. Harrington rod - Wikipedia

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   Harrington rods used in spinal fusion. The Harrington rod (or Harrington implant) is a stainless steel surgical device. [1] Historically, this rod was implanted along the spinal column to treat, among other conditions, a lateral or coronal-plane curvature of the spine, or scoliosis.

7. Thomas Schuler - Wikipedia

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   Dr. Schuler is Double board certified and a Diplomat in spine surgery and orthopedic surgery of the spine. [9] In 1998, he was one of the first doctors to use biologics in surgery [8] when the practice he founded in 1992, The Virginia Spine Institute (VSI) [8] in Reston, Virginia, served as the 3rd largest site in the nation for the trial of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) – the first use ...

8. Spinal manipulation - Wikipedia

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   Spinal manipulation is an intervention performed on synovial joints of the spine, including the z-joints, the atlanto-occipital, atlanto-axial, lumbosacral, sacroiliac, costotransverse and costovertebral joints.

9. Spinal fusion - Wikipedia

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   Spinal fusion, also called spondylodesis or spondylosyndesis, is a surgery performed by orthopaedic surgeons or neurosurgeons that joins two or more vertebrae. [1] This procedure can be performed at any level in the spine (cervical, thoracic, lumbar, or sacral) and prevents any movement between the fused vertebrae.