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Scoliosis is a condition where the spine is rotated and curved sideways. It usually occurs during the growth spurt of puberty. Although there are many causes of scoliosis, such as cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy, most cases of scoliosis have…
Written by Megan Wood – Hamid Abbasi, MD, presented four Inspired Spine studies at the World Congress of Neurosurgery Meeting in Istanbul, Turkey. Here are four highlights: 1. The first study compared Inspired Spine’s minimally invasive Oblique Lateral Lumbar Interbody…
During World War II, a drug called 2,3-dimercaptopropanol was created by British scientists as an antidote to an arsenic-based warfare agent called lewisite. The WWII antidote has lately been used primarily to treat Wilson’s disease (a genetic disorder that causes…
An anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (also known as anterior cervical decompression surgery) is a surgical procedure that involves the removal of a disc in the neck due to either herniation or degeneration. The goal of the procedure is to…
Inspired Spine’s Dr. Hamid Abbasi presented two research studies at the North American Spine Society Summer Meeting held in San Diego CA on July 26-28 2017. The meeting attendees included spine surgeons from all over the world San Diego, California…
Written by Amy Chaffins – In no other country would you see leading-edge technology in a city the size of Alexandria. But it’s here. Dr. Hamid Abbasi performs a minimally invasive spine surgery that could put Alexandria on the map…
