World Spine Day.It's estimated that 80 per cent of people will experience back pain, with up to 20 per cent of those undergoing surgery at some point to relieve the nagging discomfort. Dr Jeremy Brown, a biomedical engineer at Dal, developed an endoscopic imaging probe which Dr Sean Christie, a spinal surgeon at Dal/NS Health, has used in the OR. This high-resolution probe can travel to the site of the spinal compression and provide a clear view of the surgical area before and after the procedure is done to make sure the nerve has been decompressed.
Drs Brown & Christie are both researchers at Dalhousie and members of the BRC.
