Keeping Patients Awake During Spine Surgery is Cutting Recovery Time in Half
This article is archived and only made available for historical reference. If you’d like to discover UCSF’s most recent advances in research, education and patient care, please visit the UCSF News Center. Photo by Melissa Lau The spinal surgery David B. underwent in November wasn’t his first – but it was the first time he was awake for a procedure.
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This article is archived and only made available for historical reference. If you’d like to discover UCSF’s most recent advances in research, education and patient care, please visit the UCSF News Center. Patient Care March 5, 2019 Archive: Keeping Patients Awake During Spine Surgery is Cutting Recovery Time in Half By Robin Marks Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Email this article Print this article Praveen Mummaneni (right), MD, performs an awake spine surgery with (from left) Leslie Robinson, MD; Catherine Miller, MD; and Jeremy Lieberman, MD. Photo by Melissa Lau The spinal surgery David B. underwent in November wasn’t his first – but it was the first time he was awake for a procedure.
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