spinal surgery

collocation in English

meaningsofspinalandsurgery

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spinal
adjective
uk
/ˈspaɪ.nəl/us
/ˈspaɪ.nəl/
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surgery
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.dʒər.i/us
/ˈsɝː.dʒər.i/
the treatment of injuries or diseases in people or animals by cutting open the body and removing or repairing the ...
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(Definition ofspinalandsurgeryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Ifspinalsurgerycan be ordered, what, he asked, about a hernia or gall bladder operation or a hysterectomy?
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Information about numbers of consultants specialising inspinalsurgeryis not collected centrally.
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Some acutespinalsurgeryfor trauma is carried out at other acute hospitals.
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Her extensivespinalsurgerywas a focus in this show.
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Perales injured his back and subsequently had lumbarspinalsurgery.
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He missed competitions in 2010 due tospinalsurgery.
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Priorspinalsurgeryhas mixed effects on disc replacement.
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He specializes in cranial surgery,spinalsurgeryand neurosurgical trauma.
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Failing non-surgical therapies,spinalsurgerymay provide relief.
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No requests have been made for the inclusion of procedures in neuro-surgery, dermatology orspinalsurgery.
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Nachemson20 illustrated this by the success rates of original authors and subsequent workers in three types ofspinalsurgery, with success rates falling from 90% to 40% in some cases.
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Many surgeons consider smoking to be an absolute contraindication tospinalsurgery.
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It should be noted that the alternativespinalsurgeryis also not without risk.
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Dickerman specializes in non-invasivespinalsurgeryand the treatment of brain tumors.
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The hospital's orthopedic department includes joint replacement, extremity care,spinalsurgeryand sports medicine.
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The condition has been associated with spinal infection or injuries, includingspinalsurgery, the most common of which is for slipped discs.
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Another less invasive form ofspinalsurgery, percutaneous disc surgery, has reported revision rates as high as 65%.
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Cobb then started his own seven-piece band, but suffered a serious illness in 1950, which necessitatedspinalsurgery.
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It has facilities for surgical trauma surgery,spinalsurgery, joint replacement, paediatric orthopaedics, orthopaedic oncology and arthroscopy.
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Spinal stenosis is the single most common diagnosis that leads tospinalsurgery, of which a laminectomy represents one component.
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A laminectomy performed as a minimalspinalsurgeryprocedure is a tissue-preserving surgery that leaves more of the muscle intact and spares the spinal process.
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Studies have reported that the majority of patients that centralized were able to avoidspinalsurgeryvia isolating the area of local pain.
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He spent more than one year recuperating fromspinalsurgeryto remove the baseball-sized tumor that had grown adjacent to his spinal cord.
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Previous wound infection should be considered as a contraindication to any furtherspinalsurgery, since the likelihood of improving such patients with more surgery is small.
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