Laura Paré, MD - Patient Education

Spinal Anatomy

Understanding your condition, treatment, recovery and after-care is critical for you to achieve the maximum results. The Patient Education section is broken into the sections below. Please read thoroughly, and ask Dr. Paré and staff if you have any questions about your condition and treatment.

Practice Location - Humboldt Medical Specialists

More information about Spinal Conditions, and Spinal Treatment options

neurosurgery, cranial surgery, degenerative spine , scoliosis, spinal stenosis, disc fusion, corpectomy, lamenictormy, microdiscectomy, surgeon, spine, minimally invasive surgery, back pain, medications, anterior cervical discectomy, anterior cervical discectomy with fusion, cervical corpectomy, cervical foraminotomy, cervical laminectomy, cervical laminoplasty, minimally invasive cervical discectomy, brain anatomy, chiari malformation, aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, cavernous malformations, carotid oclusive disease, stroke, brain tumors, skull base tumors/acoustic , pituitary tumors, meningiomas, trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm, hydrocephalus, epilepsy, head trauma

Patient Education

• Brain
• Spine
• Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Video

Facts

• Brain injury is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. An estimated 5.3 million Americans are living today with disability related to traumatic brain injury.
• Over 250,000 Americans have a spinal cord injury.
• Each year, approximately 190,000 people in the US will be diagnosed with a primary or metastatic brain tumor.
• 75% to 85% of all people over age 30 will experience back problems at some point in their lives.