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href="pe-axialif.htm">Axial lumbar interbody fusion (AxiaLIF)</a> </p> <h2><a name="B" id="B"></a>B</h2> <p align="left" >• <a class="ht-list" href="pe-backpain.htm">Back pain</a><br> • <a class="ht-list" href="https://mayfieldclinic.com/qa_backpain_video.htm">Back pain Q& A - Video</a><br> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-balance.htm">Balance activities for home</a> <br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-backbraces.htm">Braces for your back</a> <br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-ct-braces.htm">Braces for your cervical-thoracic spine</a> <br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-braces-neck.htm">Braces for your neck</a> <br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-anatbrain.htm">Brain anatomy</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-brainbiopsy.htm">Brain biopsy</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-tbi.htm">Brain injury</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-braintumor.htm">Brain tumors, introduction</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-brainmets.htm">Brain tumors, metastasis</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-5-loxin.htm">Brain tumors, 5-Loxin</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-glioma.htm">Brain tumors, gliomas</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-bursa-injections.htm">Bursa injections</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-cerebralbypass.htm">Bypass surgery, cerebral</a></p> <h2><a name="C" id="C"></a>C</h2> <p align="left" > • <a class="ht-list" href="/pe-carpaltunnel.htm">Carpal tunnel surgery</a><br> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-carotidstenosis.htm">Carotid artery disease</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-carotidstenosis.htm">Carotid stenosis</a><br> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-caudaequina.htm">Cauda equina syndrome</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-cerebralbypass.htm">Cerebral bypass surgery</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-cervical-myelopathy.htm">Cervical myelopathy</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-acdf.htm">Cervical surgery: Anterior (ACDF)</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-posterior-cervical.htm">Cervical surgery: Posterior</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-ct-braces.htm">Cervical-thoracic braces</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-chiari.htm">Chiari I malformation </a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-chiari-surgery.htm">Chiari decompression surgery</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-chiro.htm">Chiropractic care</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="clinicaltrials.htm">Clinical trials</a> (current research studies) <br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-clintrial.htm">Clinical trials</a>, understanding research studies <br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-coccydynia.htm">Coccydynia</a><br> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-complex-spine.htm">Complex Spine Surgery</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-ct.htm">Computed tomography</a> (CT) <br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-concussion.htm">Concussion (mild traumatic brain injury)</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-epilepsysurg.htm">Corpus callosotomy</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-pit.htm">Craniopharyngioma</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-craniotomy.htm">Craniotomy</a><br> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-scoliosis.htm">Curvature of the spine</a> (scoliosis)<br /> </p> <h2><a name="D" id="D"></a>D</h2> <p align="left" >• <a class="ht-list" href="pe-decompression.htm">Decompression laminectomy </a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-ddd.htm">Degenerative disc disease</a> (spondylosis) <br> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-scoliosis.htm">Degenerative scoliosis</a> (spinal deformity)<br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-dbs.htm">Deep brain stimulation</a> (DBS)<br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-diaphragmatic-breathing.htm">Diaphragmatic Breathing to Reduce Pain & Stress</a><br> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-fmri_dti.htm">Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)</a><br> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-acdf.htm">Discectomy, anterior cervical</a> (ACD) <br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-lumdiscectomy.htm">Discectomy, posterior lumbar</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-disco.htm">Discogram</a><br /> • Dry needling (<a href="https://youtu.be/HYIgN_j3h5o" target="new" class="ht-list" >VIDEO</a>)<br /> </p> <h2><a name="E" id="E"></a>E</h2> <p align="left" >• <a class="ht-list" href="pe-eeg.htm">Electroencephalogram</a> (EEG)<br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-emg.htm">Electromyogram</a> (EMG)<br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-coiling.htm">Endovascular aneurysm coiling</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="/neurovascular-care.htm">Endovascular surgery</a> <br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="/brain-tumor-care.htm">Endoscopic-assisted surgery</a> <br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-endopitsurg.htm">Endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary tumors</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-esi.htm">Epidural steroid injections</a> (ESI)<br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-epilepsy.htm">Epilepsy</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-epilepsysurg.htm">Epilepsy surgery</a> <br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-essential-tremor.htm">Essential tremor</a> <br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="/pe-exer.htm">Exercises: Back stretches & strengthening</a><br> • <a class="ht-list" href="/pe-neckex.htm">Exercises: Neck stretches & strengthening</a></p> <h2><a name="F" id="F"></a>F</h2> <p align="left" >• <a class="ht-list" href="pe-facet.htm">Facet arthritis, facet joint syndrome</a><br> • Facet joint degeneration & arthritis (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjqtthF2JPw" target="_new">VIDEO</a>)<br> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-jointinjections.htm">Facet joint injections</a><br> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-nerveblocks.htm">Facet nerve blocks</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-rf_ablation.htm">Facet rhizotomy / radiofrequency ablation</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-trin.htm">Facial pain, trigeminal neuralgia</a> <br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-flatback-pjk.htm">Flat back syndrome</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="qa_foot-drop.htm">Foot drop Q&A</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-decompression.htm">Foraminotomy</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="/pe-spinefract.htm">Fractures, spine </a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-fmri_dti.htm">Functional MRI (fMRI)</a><br> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-fusionpreparing.htm">Fusion, preparing for surgery</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-alif.htm">Fusion, anterior lumbar interbody (ALIF)</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-llif.htm">Fusion, lateral lumbar interbody (LLIF)</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-tlif.htm">Fusion, transforaminal lumbar interbody (TLIF)</a><br /> </p> <h2><a name="G" id="G"></a>G</h2> <p>• <a class="ht-list" href="pe-gammaframe.htm">Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery (framed)</a><br> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-gammamask.htm">Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery (frameless)</a><br> • <a class="ht-list" href="qa_gamma-tile.htm">GammaTile® brachytherapy for brain tumors, Q & A with Dr. Vincent DiNapoli</a><br> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-glioma.htm">Gliomas & glioblastomas</a><br> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-glossopharyngeal.htm">Glossopharyngeal neuralgia</a> (throat pain)</p> <h2><a name="H" id="H"></a>H</h2> <p align="left" >• <a class="ht-list" href="pe-tbi.htm">Head injury</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-hearing.htm">Hearing test</a> (audiometry test) <br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-hfs.htm">Hemifacial spasm</a> <br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-epilepsysurg.htm">Hemispherectomy</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-hcdisc.htm">Herniated cervical disc</a><br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-hldisc.htm">Herniated lumbar disc</a></p> <h2><a name="I" id="I"></a>I</h2> <p align="left" > • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-ich.htm">Intracerebral hemorrhage</a> (ICH)<br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-intracranialstenosis.htm"> Intracranial artery stenosis</a> <br /> • <a class="ht-list" href="pe-pump.htm">Intrathecal drug pump</a></p> <h2><a name="J" id="J"></a>J</h2> <p>• <a href="pe-jointinjections.htm">Joint injections</a></p> <h2><a name="K" id="K"></a>K</h2> <p 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