Surgery

Boston symphony conductor, recovering from back surgery, withdraws from summer concerts
BOSTON – Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor James Levine (luh-VYNE’) is withdrawing from his summer concerts to continue recovering from back surgery.

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Asymptomatic perioperative arrhythmias can lead to sudden cardiac death after surgery: Researchers
Vascular surgery may be accompanied by cardiovascular complications, like ventricular tachyarrhythmia. Though, these arrhythmias initially might be asymptomatic, they can lead to increased risk for late sudden   … Read more

Medtronic: Making Back Surgery Better?
Medtronic hopes that minimally invasive gadgets will replace today’s crude operations.

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This is a video of a low back surgery for disc herniation. Also, known as a lumbar laminectomy.

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I had back surgery about a week ago. I’ve been going side to side but I wanted to know if it would be ok to lay on my back?

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