Staying awake during spine surgery is cutting recovery time in half

Posted on: 03 April, 2019

A traditional spinal fusion surgery with general anesthesia takes about four hours and requires a hospital stay of three to four days as well as IV painkillers. The awake spine surgery takes half the time and typically has patients out of the hospital within 24 hours.

Source: Medical Xpress

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