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Minimally Invasive Surgery Gives Patients a Shorter Recovery August 6, 2010
From head to toe, St. Mary’s Medical Center is reducing the pain of many once difficult surgeries by offering more minimally invasive procedures. Read full article: Minimally Invasive Surgery at more...

A Less Invasive Option for Spine Surgery - The Aspen July 6, 2010
The surgical treatment of degenerative lumbar spine disease often involves fixation or fusion of the involved vertebrae with titanium “screws and rods.”  These procedures are rather invasive and require significant recovery times.  A less invasive option o more...

Can Spinal Cord Stimulation Help You? March 10, 2010
Pain is treated in many ways depending on the cause and severity of pain.  Chronic leg and low back pain may be the result of spinal arthritis or failed spinal surgery.  The latter is referred to as “failed back” or “post-laminectomy” syndrome.  In additio more...

Dr. Matt Werthammer Joins St. Mary’s Neurosurgery Team February 5, 2010
Huntington, WV (February 5, 2010) - St. Mary’s Medical Center is pleased to announce the return of Dr. Matt Werthammer, MD to the Huntington area as part of its neurosurgery team.  Dr. Werthammer joins colleagues Panos Ignatiadis, MD, David Weinsweig, MD, more...

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: The Treatable Dementia February 1, 2010
A little known condition called Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus  (NPH) afflicts one out of every 200 people over the age of 55.   NPH is a condition where excess fluid accumulates in the cavities (called “ventricles”) inside the brain causing some of the sam more...

New Disc Surgery for Neck Helps Local Man October 1, 2007
Dr. David Weinsweig brings breakthrough to St. Mary’s Medical Center Robert VanMeter of Point Pleasant, W.Va., has had problems with his spinal discs for several years. Past treatments for the deteriorating discs have included fusing parts of his spine, w more...

Fixing Fractures September 5, 2007
New procedure repairs vertebrae, restores height of patients with osteoporosis Osteoporosis is often called a silent disease because the bone loss it causes happens without symptoms. But this loss of bone density, which is widespread among older adults more...

Cancer Treatment Patients Can Live With August 9, 2007
Article Courtesy of St. Mary’s Medical Center. Cancer Patients who might have once been told there were no treatment options available to them have a new ally at St. Mary’s Medical Cent more...