Scoliosis surgery that's less invasive

Friday, May 29, 2009 - 17:42 in Health & Medicine

Minimally invasive back surgery reduces hospital stays, muscle damage and recovery time. But the long-term benefits are unknown. Today's surgeons can nick out your gallbladder via your belly button and excise your thyroid gland without cutting your neck. Now some doctors have added one of recent history's most grueling operations to the ranks of minimally invasive surgeries.

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