Is Your Office Chair Damaging Your Spine?
Sitting feels restful. The spine disagrees. Intradiscal pressure is higher when sitting than standing; slumping or forward-leaning makes it worse. Eight hours a day, five days a week, the disc doesn’t rehydrate. Facet joints load asymmetrically. Paraspinal muscles...
Gamma Knife or MVD for Trigeminal Neuralgia: Which Is Best
MVD treats the cause. Gamma Knife treats the nerve. They are different, and the distinction determines which is right for a given patient. MVD offers the highest long-term pain-free rate around 70 to 80 percent at five years in published series. Gamma Knife offers no...
Brain AVM: Can It Be Treated Without Open Surgery?
Yes, but not always, and not equally well. Stereotactic radiosurgery and endovascular embolisation are both established options for brain arteriovenous malformations. Neither replaces open surgery across the board. Each has specific indications, specific limitations,...