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  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: A Smarter Path to Recovery

    Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: A Smarter Path to Recovery

    For decades, open spine surgery meant large incisions, days in the hospital, and months of recovery. Today, that picture has changed dramatically. Minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) allows surgeons to treat a wide range of spine conditions through tiny incisions — sometimes less than an inch — using specialized instruments and real-time imaging guidance. The result is less disruption to the muscles and tissues surrounding the spine, which translates directly into less post-operative pain and a faster return to normal activity.

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  • What’s New Dr. Alan Rechter

    What’s New Dr. Alan Rechter

    Dr. Alan Rechter has successfully completed three, first of a kind, outpatient Total Joint replacement surgeries at OakBend Health System’s Metro Ortho and Spine Surgery Center.

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  • What is Sciatica

    What is Sciatica

    What is “sciatica” Sciatica is a term that is often applied to back pain, especially pain that radiates into the buttock, back of the thigh, and leg. Often I have patients saying things like, “ I don’t think I have a disk issue, its just sciatica” as if that explains away the problem. Often I hear patients say” I didn’t think I needed to see a doctor, it’s just my sciatica acting up”. Sciatica, however, is not a diagnosis, it is a label to describe certain symptoms. Many different things can cause sciatica.

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  • Reverse Total Shoulder, Houston Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine

    Reverse Total Shoulder, Houston Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine

    Reverse Total Shoulder, Dr. Gregory P. Harvey A reverse total shoulder may be a good option if you have an unrepairable rotator cuff tear, a significant shoulder fracture, or a severe deformity from arthritis. Unlike a standard total shoulder, in a reverse shoulder replacement, the shoulder socket (glenoid) will be replaced with a metal ball, a metal base plate, and screws. The ball of the shoulder (humeral head) will be replaced with a plastic and metal cup attached to a stem in the canal of the humerus.

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  • Houston FDA Clinical Trials

    Houston FDA Clinical Trials

    At times, some of the physicians rise to a level where they can be invited into clinical trials needed to bring a new implant, like a total knee, or a drug, like Tylenol, to market. Think of the advances in modern medicine and many game changers, like the advent of Penicillin, that saved the lives of millions since its launch.

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