According to National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, low back pain is the second most common neurological ailment in the United States.
An increasing number of Americans have back surgery every year in hopes for the ultimate solution, but failed back surgery syndrome, FBSS, is occuring at an alarming rate.
Dr. Marshall Bedder, MD explains how to protect yourself from developing back problems later in life, why FBSS is so common, and how to treat this disabling syndrome.
When Back Surgery Fails
About 800,000 people have back surgery annually. So, why are some patients worse off after surgery?
Additional Info
- Segment Number: 5
- Audio File: staying_well/1303sw1e.mp3
- Featured Speaker: Dr. Marshall Bedder, MD
- Organization: Pacific Medical Centers
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Guest Bio:
Dr. Bedder is a Canadian born and trained physician, now a naturalized US citizen. He is an ABA boarded anesthesiologist with added qualifications in pain medicine and certification in addiction medicine by the American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM). Dr. Bedder is the former head of the Pain Management Center at Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) where he established a Anesthesia Pain Fellowship training program. He also helped to establish the hands-on workshops for implantable therapies, which are now the industry standard. Dr. Bedder continues to present extensively on pain management and addiction medicine topics world-wide. He has published over 30 original journal articles, reviews and textbook chapters.
Dr. Bedder is past President-Elect for the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS), and has served on the Editorial Board for the Journal Neuromodulation and is a reviewer for the journals Neuromodulation and Pain Medicine. He served as the pain medicine and anesthesia member for the Alaska and Washington Medicare carrier advisory committee (CAC). Dr. Bedder served as Director of Anesthesia Services and Pain Fellowship Director for the Alaska Spine Institute in Anchorage, Alaska.
Dr Bedder relocated to the Pacific Northwest in 2009 and is the Director of Interventional Pain for Pacific Medical Centers (PacMed) in Seattle, WA. PacMed is a multispecialty medical group comprising over 150 primary care providers and specialty physicians. He also serves as a Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, in the United States Navy (Reserve). He is attached to the 4th Med Btn, 4th Marine Logistics Group. - Length (mins): 10
- Waiver Received: Yes
- Host: Melanie Cole, MS
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