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Extremities
Duke Study: Depression Affects Total Ankle Outcomes
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Successful surgery=happy patient, right? This “equation” is thrown off when it comes to depressed people who…
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Significant Number of Spine Patients Develop Depression and/or Anxiety
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. What do we know about spine fusion patients’ mental well-being after they leave the OR?…
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Anxiety, Depression Contribute to Higher LOS After Posterior Spinal Fusion in AIS Patients
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. A multidisciplinary team from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina and Emory University…
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Bad to the Cervical Bone: ACDF, Depression and Anxiety
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., November 21, 2019 Pain, even the emotional kind, can be felt deep down in the…
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How Being a Doctor Became the Most Miserable Profession
By Daniela Drake By the end of this year, it’s estimated that 300 physicians will commit suicide. While depression amongst physicians…
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Spine surgeons need to screen more patients for anxiety, depression, study suggests
In a report published in the April edition of the Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques, a Johns Hopkins team says that…
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