Neurosurgeons at Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch using new mesh-like device to make spine surgery safer
May 22, 2007
Chicago-May 22, 2007
Neurosurgeons at the Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch are the first in the Chicago area to use a new device that is designed to make neurosurgery safer and prevent additional spine operations.
Today, thousands of patients suffer from pain in their lower back, frequently radiating into the buttocks and legs due to herniated discs, or rupture in the tissue that surrounds the disc. This causes the soft inner part of the disc to push out and compress the nerve root, causing intense and debilitating pain. Read more
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Back patients will laugh out loud (LOL) during laughter clinic in Vernon Hills
May 19, 2007
Vernon Hills, IL, March 19, 2007—Managing back pain for Colleen Caron is a laugh a minute. The chronic back pain patient and laughter therapist says laughter is an analgesic and she is spreading the word to other sufferers. On Saturday, April 14, 10:30 - noon, Caron will share her love for laughter with other back pain patients during a therapy/yoga sesson at the Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch clinic located at 565 Lakeview Parkway in Vernon Hills.
“Laughing is the best medicine for many medical conditions, including back pain,” she says. “When the body releases hormones & chemicals, it increases endorphins and there are tremendous residual effects. Stress is reduced, blood pressure drops, depression is lifted, the immune system is boosted and often pain goes away.” Read more
Neurologic and Orthopedic Hospital of Chicago first center in Chicago to offer bi-compartmental knee replacement
May 12, 2007
March 12, 2007—Chicago orthopedic surgeon Mitchell Sheinkop, MD, of the Neurologic and Orthopedic Institute of Chicago, aims to do for the knee what he has helped do for the hip-namely, provide a knee implant procedure that meets the needs of younger, more active patients who suffer pain associated with arthritis. View an educational video of the knee by Mitchell Sheinkop, MD | View a Q&A session with Mitchell Sheinkop about knee treatments
Sheinkop was among the first group of surgeons to adopt hip resurfacing for younger patients who experienced significant hip pain, and could benefit from the bone sparing and minimally invasive procedure that hip resurfacing provides.
Now, Sheinkop and his colleague John Cherf, M.D. are the first two orthopedic surgeon in Chicago to be selected for training by orthopedic device maker Smith and Nephew to offer a new procedure for the knee; the anterior cruciate preserving knee resurfacing called The Journey Deuce. Read more
