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IBJI Physician Dr. Stanford Tack Pioneers New Surgical Approach to Herniated Disc Disease
Until recently, the preferred surgical approach for patients with herniated discs in the cervical region of the spine was a Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. That treatment, which fuses the damaged disc, is still widely used and offers very good outcomes for most people. Today there is a new technology that offers patients another treatment option. Performed in Europe for more than a decade, it involves actually replacing the damaged disk with an artificial one. - July 02, 2009

IBJI Physicians Discover Link To Post Op Infections
Illinois Bone and Joint Institute (IBJI) physicians associated with Evanston Northwestern Hospital (ENH) have discovered a link between nasal staff bacteria and post-surgical infections. - May 14, 2008