Marianne Brenton, 76, underwent vertebroplasty earlier this year. “The surgery has saved my sanity,’’ said the Burlington resident. “The pain in my lower back was gone when I came out of the anesthesia.’’
(Fred Field for The Boston Globe)
THE LONG RUN
Cutting question
Recent studies have challenged the effectiveness of a popular kind of back surgery, yet many patients - and their doctors - say vertebroplasty works
Marianne Brenton, 76, underwent vertebroplasty earlier this year. “The surgery has saved my sanity,’’ said the Burlington resident. “The pain in my lower back was gone when I came out of the anesthesia.’’
(Fred Field for The Boston Globe)
Marianne Brenton is an ardent believer in the back surgery she had earlier this year, a widely used treatment that she said immediately eased her “almost unendurable pain.’’ (Full article: 1278 words)
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