Happy Birthday Doombrain

[saturn]

So you make about double of what Geoff's wife makes then.

probably, who cares

[saturn]

http://www.nevro.com/video/physician-video.html

lol, that video looks like a stereotypical Paul-Verhoeven-esque commercial.

"Nevro Corp, your new mind controlling overlords"

It's a stereotypical American advert. The people of the firm are also typically American. "Nice to meet you Dr. Le! I love your work you do for patients. It's an honour for our company that you have chosen our products for the treatment of those miserable fucks!"

[xer0s]

Saturn, would you know anything about cervical nerve problems?

[saturn]

Of course

[xer0s]

I'm going to send you a PM if you don't mind...

[saturn]

I'll respond tomorrow. Having a 24h shift now and heading to bed.

[Doombrain]

PM PayPal details as well.

[mrd]

sat, are you still doc'ing it up? I seem to recall you were or a doctor or did something in the medical field...

I'm outgrowing my MD noob status. Been an MD for 10 years now and an anesthesiologist/painspecialist for more than 4 years now

One of the nicest things I do is (high frequency) spinal cord stimulation for Failed Back Surgery Syndrome patients:

http://www.nevro.com/video/physician-video.html

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S9IZkC8xvQ[/youtube]

Was that voice even a real person? "Revolution-izing." "We have created a new waveform." Go to hell you have. "My CPU is a neural net processor, a learning computer." BLOW IT OUT YOUR EAR.

Anyway that seems like some pretty nifty shit however I am worried that there is an actual syndrome for failed back surgeries...

[seremtan]

I'll respond tomorrow. Having a 24h shift now and heading to bed.

at first i read that as '24h shit' and wondered how long you'd been keeping it in

[saturn]

Was that voice even a real person? "Revolution-izing." "We have created a new waveform." Go to hell you have. "My CPU is a neural net processor, a learning computer." BLOW IT OUT YOUR EAR.

Anyway that seems like some pretty nifty shit however I am worried that there is an actual syndrome for failed back surgeries...

The statistics don't favor surgery of the spine. 40% of the people keep having pain or even worsening of the symptoms.
Actually, there have been many studies that show no difference in pain of function between people with surgery of the lower back or with conservative treatment (rest, physiotherapy), after one year follow-up.

It's a big business in the States. Spine fusion costs around 120.000$, multiply that with 400.000 patients. Every year.
The spinal cord stimulation for lower back pain costs around 15.000-25.000 depending on the system.