6:00 AM (PT) - Minimally Invasive Treatment for Spinal Stenosis

On the day that June Ogawa underwent minimally invasive spinal surgery, she went home and walked for an hour. Gone was the pain and numbness that had stemmed from spinal stenosis, or narrowing. “Now I feel so free,” she said. Ogawa and another patient, Robin DiGeorgio, talk with Drs. Virany Huynh Hillard and Trent Tredway, neurosurgeons at the University of Washington Medical Center. Spine models, diagnostic images, and surgical footage complement the discussions. Audio (MP3) | Video (MPEG-4) Note: If you have trouble saving a file because it opens within a media player, right-click on the link and select "Save Target/Link As..." Virany Huynh Hillard, MD, assistant professor, Neurosurgery, UW Medical Center Trent Tredway, MD, neurological surgery, UW Medical Center June Ogawa, patient and retired registered nurse Mark... [read full story]