Wann eine Operation wirklich helfen kann

Vier von fünf Erwachsenen haben Rückenschmerzen .
Oft wird Patienten zu einer OP geraten, um wieder schmerzfrei zu sein. 

Neurochirurg Dr. Armin Helmbrecht über Techniken und Methoden.

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Als Experte für minimalinvasive Rücken-OPs ist Dr. Michael Schubert weltweit gefragt. So ist der Münchner Top-Mediziner gerade aus New York zurückgekommen, wo er zu den knapp zwanzig international renommierten Dozenten gehörte, die auf dem Kongress „Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Navigation“ im Weill Comell Medical College andere Chirurgen weitergebildet hat.

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The popular English freeskier Warren Smith took a trip to Munich last week. The reason for this was not a short break or a performance-show, but a disc surgery at one of the world's leading spine surgeons in endoscopic surgical techniques - Dr. Michael Schubert from the Munich Apex Spine Center.

The diagnosis of a "large lumbar disc prolapse" is twice as bad for a professional athlete like Warren Smith (39): not only activities in private life, bu...

Lufthansa German Airlines offers a comprehensive global route network linking Munich with major cities around the world.  As the mobility partner for patients undergoing medical procedures with the APEX SPINE CENTER, Lufthansa offers special prices and flexible conditions in First, Business and Economy Class to patients and their travel companions.

Was presented the award to two spinal surgeons with years of experience, including Dr. Michael Schubert. Criteria for the granting of the award are endoscopic surgery including the long-standing practice.

A recent study demonstrated the direct correlation between the number of spine surgeries that a physician has carried out and the complication rate. Clear conclusion: the more interventions a surgeon carries out on average, the lower the complication rate and the lower the health care costs.

One year ago the rower Matthias Schömann-Finck and his three sports colleagues out-beamed each other: World championship gold medal in the coxless four. The peak of an athlete’s career that came to an abrupt stop: The athlete from the RV Saarbrücken had to do without the season’s highlights this year – a severe disk herniation in the lowest intervertebral level was the reason.

She is 26 years young, 164 centimeters tall and loves to race down snow covered mountains with more than 100 kilometers per hour. Alexandra Coletti, professional skier from Monaco and flag bearer for her country during the last Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver (Canada) likes it speedy. However, the slopes in international competitions are all but harmless – that's what the many falls during the games again revealed.

Football players from the US American national league suffering from a slipped disk in the neck that had had surgery were significantly better off compared to those that had been treated conservatively.