News & Events

• Spinal Fusions Go High Tech with Sextant System - Patients suffering with spinal disc deterioration find relief in a minimally invasive procedure
• Stealth Surgery - A system that allows surgeons to see the brain and spine as 3-D images and navigate these areas in a very precise manner is revolutionizing neurosurgery
• Hope for Osteoporosis - Kyphoplasty, a minimally invasive procedure offered at St. Mary's Medical Center, has proven to reduce pain, restore height and correct physical deformities associated with compression fractures
• Kyphoplasty—a new treatment for osteoporotic fractures - The traditional treatment for fractures of the spine caused by osteoporosis has included pain reduction (medication), bed rest and bracing. In 1984, a surgical technique designed to reduce the pain and loss of function called "Percutaneous Vertebroplasty" was developed in France. In 1998, the Food and Drug Administration cleared a special balloon, the KyphX Inflatable Bone Tamp, for use in reducing (setting) fragility fractures to help them heal and creating a cavity in the soft inner bone in the vertebral body...Read More
• Natural Motion is Back! ™ An alternative to lumbar spinal fusion surgery
  For more information visit the official CHARITÉ™ Disc site
• Epilepsy Surgery. Brain Stimulation for the treatment of movement disorders For more information visit the official site