Norman Swann

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Health Report · Monday 28 December 2009 · 27 Dec 2009 podcast

But they jut out and they sort of they interact with the ones below. voice-verified

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So essentially it's a squeezing in of bone and ligament. voice-verified

Exactly. voice-verified

That's spinal stenosis, which we'll come back to in a moment. voice-verified

And what's the problem that's causing the arm and pain, the tingling and numbness in the thing? voice-verified

Because it's much more targeted because it's a single nerve rather than a bundle of nerves that's affected. voice-verified

Precisely. voice-verified

Now there's an epidemic of spinal fusion going on around the world where spinal surgeons get out, you know, metal plates and try with the best will in the world to stabilize the joints above and below to actually sort out this problem and it's very controversial as to whether or not it makes any difference at all. voice-verified

There's been some trials suggesting yes, some trials saying no, but that's not the operation you're suggesting doing or you're doing. voice-verified

brackets this is a declaration of interest. voice-verified

And what you're talking about there is somebody with the so called slip disc, rather than doing a major operation on the spine, you go in and do a micro operation on the spine to remove the disc. voice-verified

And that's what you developed or that's what he developed several years ago. voice-verified

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Operating voice-verified

And the operation you voice-verified

I mean when you say five levels, this is five lumber levels like your L one, two, three, four that are voice-verified

And does this take longer than the average procedure? voice-verified

Because hospitals are concerned about theater time and whether or not you know, this has been the debate about robotic surgery, for example, in prostates, you know, th th the the surgeons there all day for one or two cases and the private hospital's voice-verified

I always get nervous when surgeons say the learning experience, which of course is understandable, but how many patients have you got to actually try out on before you get voice-verified

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