Surgeons explain that TOPS patients often experience much faster recovery and earlier return to activity than fusion patients. Fusions take longer to heal due to bones needing to heal across the fused segment.
Surgeons featured in this video include:
- Joshua Marcus, MD, Elite Brain & Spine, Danbury, CT
https://elitebrainspine.com/joshua-marcus/
- Todd Shanks, MD, Restorative Spine and Brain, Frisco, TX
https://www.restorativespine.com/dr-todd-shanks
- Vikas Patel, MD, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
https://www.cumedicine.us/providers/orthopedics/Vikas-Patel#/
- Paul Arnold, MD, Loyola University Medical Center, Urbana, IL
https://www.loyolamedicine.org/provider/paul-m-arnold-md-neurological-surgery
- Amir Vokshoor, MD, Providence Saint John’s Health Center, Santa Monica, CA
https://nsg-la.com/amir-vokshoor-md-spine-brain-surgeon/
- Jonathan Oren, MD, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
https://www.northwell.edu/find-care/find-a-doctor/dr-jonathan-haim-oren-md-11373330
- J. Alex Sielatycki, MD, Steamboat Orthopaedic & Spine Institute, Steamboat Springs, CO
https://steamboatortho.com/our-doctors/j-alex-sielatycki-md/
- Joshua Beckman, MD, Neurosurgery One, Denver, CO
https://www.neurosurgeryone.com/physician/dr-joshua-m-beckman-md/
