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After spine surgery, the last thing you’ll want to do is come home to a messy, potentially hazardous living environment.
You may want to consider making a few modifications to your home before your spine surgery to ensure a safe return home and recovery.
In this blog, Dr. Mark Giovanini of NeuroMicroSpine provides patients with tips for modifying their home for a safe post-procedural environment.

There are a number of things you can do to ensure a smooth, post-surgical recovery. One of the most...

Last week we wrote about minimally invasive lumbar fusion surgery and mentioned there are many different ways to perform this kind of procedure. Well, for this week’s blog, we’re covering one of the many lumbar fusion methods: an anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF). Dr. Mark Giovanini of NeuroMicroSpine performs this procedure pretty frequently and may recommend it for patients that do not have a lot of spinal instability, spinal stenosis or nerve compression on the back of the spine. Other than that, patients with...

Smoking Worsens Degenerative Disc Disease In The Cervical Spine

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Most patients realize smoking is bad for their overall health and wellbeing. However, many patients may not realize smoking is also bad for their spine health.
New research from the Association of Academic Physiatrists has found smoking worsens degenerative disc disease in the spine.
In this blog, Dr. Mark Giovanini of NeuroMicroSpine discusses how smoking is detrimental to existing damage in...