Grateful Patient Joe Furman’s Battle to Return to his Unit Patient Story – Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion  US Marine Joe Furman’s Battle to Return to his Unit February 2010  Joe Furman* is in the US Marine Reserves and has been deployed numerous times in recent years to serve in Iraq.  While at home during [...]

Grateful patients have requested their stories be placed here as examples to various types of surgeries and there possible outcomes.  These are examples only as not all patients will have the same outcomes, but fortunately many do.  See the links to the right that indicate the type of condition or surgery performed. Please call (888) [...]

Lumbar Interbody Fusion Norbert Alphonso* is a 62 year old who enjoys being able to do his own work around the house.  “About two years ago my back started to hurt, said Mr. Alphonso, at first I just continued to do my work but the pain became so intense that I couldn’t do anything at [...]

Spinal Cord Tumor Dolores Kulish* had enjoyed good health most of her 67 years, but in November of 2001 she began to have lower back and lower thoracic pain on the left side, primarily with twisting type maneuvers or walking. “At first my doctors just thought it was arthritis, “ said Mrs. Kulish, “but I [...]

Spinal Cord Tumor Mary Jane Love* is a very healthy 69 year old woman who couldn’t believe what was happening to her last June.  “I am generally always on the go”, states Miss. Love, “I really was not expecting what happen”.  She began to have pain into her legs and feet but she also had [...]