CNS Blog
Elegant ‘Hybrid’ Technologies for Cervical Reconstruction
This patient presented with chronic neck and left arm pain. Her pre-operative MRI image below shows bulging degenerative cervical discs at C5/6 (magenta arrow) and C6/7 (red arrow). The C6/7 disc (red arrow) was like a hardened (calcified), deflated ‘car tyre’ affecting the surrounding bone (Modic change) and nerve tissue (stenosis, impingement, radiculopathy). The cross-sectional […]
Read MoreGrowing a bridge of bone in the core of cervical fusion cages using geneX
Australian TGA-approved geneX (from Biocomposites, UK; supplied in Australia by JoySurgical) has uniquely bio-engineered properties aimed at enhancing bone formation, including within the core of cervical fusion cages. The negatively charged surface chemistry attracts cells required for bone growth and remodeling. A key goal in modern anterior cervical fusions is to create a healthy bone […]
Read MorePatients’ Google and RateMDs Reviews of C.N.S. Neurosurgery
Updated 21 May 2022 As of today, we have received over 120 consecutive 5-star reviews of our Practice via Google and RateMDs, two premier Web resources, and are regarded (independently by ThreeBestRated) as one of Sydney’s leading neurosurgical Practices. My staff and I are deeply grateful for these reviews of C.N.S. Neurosurgery from my brain […]
Read MoreLeading Edge of Spinal Surgery: How Far Medical Science and Technology Have Come
It’s truly amazing and uplifting to see how far medical science & technology, standing upon the broad shoulders of human ingenuity and tenacity, have come. Images below: Robotic spinal surgery helping people overcome their suffering via tiny incisions, i.e., minimal surgical trauma. This patient of mine (whose images are shown here with his permission and […]
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