Chapters Transcript Video ‘Absolutely No Pain’: He Gets New Lease on Life After Advanced Spinal Surgery, Swift Recovery I've had sciatica pain for maybe a few years. I'm A real estate agent, I couldn't do my job. I couldn't drive. I hunched over. I, I used a walker. I was in excruciating pain. There is a need to educate the public about new and effective procedures that would have better results for the patients in the long run. I did PT for months. I got shot epidurals. I got shots. I went for these last shots. I couldn't get on the table. That's how bad it was. I knew I had to take action. Our spine program here at Marcus Neuroscience Institute is a very robust spine program. We have achieved advanced spine center of excellence classification or distinction. Only very few places in the country have this type of advanced certification. I was talking to a friend of mine and he said, I know of this new type of surgery, made appointment with Doctor uh Veronis. Uh, who's one of the few people who do this surgery in all of South Florida? Fat arthroplasty is a new procedure that replaces the facet joints, which are the hinge joints in the back of the spine and preserves motion for the segment of the spine. It received breakthrough. Designation by the FDA, the patients who underwent a arthroplasty had 50% better meaningful clinical outcomes than the patients who had a fusion. That's quite a bit of improvement and that's what gave them the breakthrough designation. Doctor Veronis is a special doctor. The recovery has been. A blessing. I came out of surgery from going in with excruciating pain to absolutely no pain and I'm in this 7 weeks now, and now I've had no pain at all. Everyone says you look better, you sound better, you're yourself again. Uh, that's the, the most uh rewarding feeling for any kind of health professional. Uh, to see their patients doing well, that's the legacy of medicine, really, you know, the smile on the face of patient gives us immense pleasure and, uh, keeps us working with the same rigor as before. Doctor Verona, my doctor. took the time to learn how to do this new procedure. And bring something to this hospital and to South Florida that most places don't have at all. Marcus Neuroscience Institute offers cutting edge treatments for patients not only because of adopting new treatment options like if I said arthroplastic, but because we look at the totality of the patient and the least invasive way that we can help the patient. I'm waking up every day feeling a lot better about life, it's priceless. It's absolutely priceless to be able to have uh to have your life back. Created by
