A spinal surgeon examined her and found from the old medical records that she was positive for HLA-B27 antigen.
He has been a practicing spinal surgeon for over 25 years and has over 110 research papers and publications to his credit.
If spinal surgeons were part of the trauma teams, surgery to relieve pressure could be performed immediately instead of hours or days later, he said.
Paula thought I should mention it to the spinal surgeon when I next saw him in New York.
Despite having very few spinal surgeons, the Netherlands proved to be quite aggressive in surgery.
In the UK, more than a third of non-urgent patients waited over a year to see a spinal surgeon.
There were more spinal surgeons in Sweden than in the United States.
Jack responds that nothing is irreversible, reveals that he is a spinal surgeon, and offers Locke a free medical consultation.
Still, between the allure of money and the quest for breakthroughs in treatment, some prominent spinal surgeons say that back care has gone astray.
And Jack, the heroic (so far) spinal surgeon played by Matthew Fox, was going to be much older.