Houston, TX (Business Wire) 30 March 2006

Two Houston surgeon pioneered a revolutionary approach for surgery called X-Stop back. X-Stop, a titanium spacer implant inserted in his back surgery, offers relief from lower back pain by lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), a narrowing of the spine that occurs with age causes. The approach to treatment changes back by a less invasive surgery fusion back.

â? It is a simple and less invasive approach to back surgery, with remarkable results, â? According to Dr. Henry Small, orthopedic surgeon. â? Once the back surgery is performed, patients can be immediately relieved of pain and able, the> same day.I walk ???? Lee V. Ansell

, MD, neurosurgeon, are the first surgeons provide X-Stop back surgery in southeast Texas. â? the X-Stop back surgery relieves back pain and provides long term relief of physical symptoms for a majority of ????, patientsa according to Dr. Ansell. â? These patients with spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spinal canal that pressure on nerves, causing pain that makes standing difficult or walk for an extended period> time.I ????

The typical patient is over 50 years and has lost mobility due to daily wear and tear on the spine, according to Dr. Ansell. Degenerative or age-related changes in the body can lead (which can cause pressure on nerves causing pain and / or damage) the compression of nerves. â? Patients with LSS often radiating pain in the legs and pain in the lower back, â? Explains Dr. Ansell. â? The symptoms seem to improve when they sit bow, forward or lie down.â p> ???? X-Stop back surgery is done usually in less than an hour and the patient discharged from hospital within 24 hours. Under local anesthesia is used, and there is no tissue or bone in the X-Stop back surgery that is reversible. The X-Stop implant is placed between the bones of the vertebrae, relieving the patient of pressure on the spine. It is designed to remain safely and permanently in force, without fixation to bones or ligaments in the back.

Normal activity can be in two to six weeks after the operation X-Stop to resume, based on the patient? the progress made by Drs Ansell and small. Patients may experience physical therapy, but usually not required painkillers. â? The results of the X-Stop back surgery is very encouraging for patients who have suffered for years and could not spinal fusion surgery, â undergo? , Says Dr. Klein.

X-Stop, manufactured by St. Francis Medical Technologies, Alameda, California, was approved by the FDA in November 2005. The doctors perform the operation back to the Foundation Surgical Hospital

Bellaire.

, whether you are a candidate for the X-Stop back surgery with Dr. Ansell at 713-664-0894 or 713-864-1506 to Mr are small. The website contains information about X-Stop back surgery is www.sfmt.com.


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