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Old 11-19-2005, 05:49 AM
Alastair Alastair is offline
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This definition is given by a Spine Surgeon

Essentially �distraction� in spinal surgery is when the spine is shifted apart.

Placing a disc replacement causes �facet distraction� pain from capsular stretching
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