Stanford Health Lecture Series - Wed. 5/14
April 23, 2008 by rkutler
Minimally Invasive Treatment of Lumbar Stenosis
Lumbar spinal canal stenosis is a narrowing in the space in the lower spine that carries
nerves to your legs. This space is very small. As the lumbar spinal canal shrinks, the nerves that go through it are squeezed. This squeezing may cause back pain, leg pain and leg weakness. This talk will address minimally invasive techniques for treatment of this troublesome condition. Speaker: Todd Alamin, MD Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center
Presented by Stanford Health Library and Redwood City Public Library
To register and for directions call (650) 498-7826
I suffer from severe lumbar spinal stenosis. Having blood coagulation problems (living on coumadin, elastic stockings, etc), age 73), spinal surgery is not recommended by the specialists.
I tried all kinds of non surgical ways without success
Can you please elaborate on the term (Minimally Invasive treatement).
Thank you,
Selim Amado, Pharmacist (Israel)
April 24, 2008
Selim amado - I’ll be happy to post what information I can after the talk on May 14th which I’ll be attending. Perhaps the notes will be available online or in newsletter form afterwards; sometimes they are. I will let you know.