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Providence Brain and Spine Institute-Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center

  • Electroencephalograms (EEG)-adult

    An electroencephalogram (EEG) is a test that measures and records the electrical activity of your brain. Special sensors (electrodes) are attached to ...
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  • Epilepsy monitoring (EMU)

    If you experience frequent seizures, you may be referred to an epilepsy monitoring unit for evaluation. This evaluation determines if your seizures ...
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  • Myelogram

    A myelogram uses a special dye (contrast material) and X-rays (fluoroscopy) to make pictures of the bones and the fluid-filled space (subarachnoid spa...
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  • Electroencephalograms (EEG)-pediatric

    An electroencephalogram (EEG) is a test that measures and records the electrical activity of your brain. Special sensors (electrodes) are attached to ...
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  • Vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty

    Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are surgeries that relieve pain from compression fractures of the spine due to osteoporosis, tumors or other conditions...
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  • Vagal nerve stimulator

    Similar to a pacemaker, a vagus nerve stimulator (VNS) is a small device implanted under the skin near your collarbone. A wire (lead) under the skin c...
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  • Decompression laminectomy

    Decompressive laminectomy is the most common type of surgery done to treat spinal stenosis. This surgery is done to relieve pressure on the spinal cor...
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  • Computed tomography (CT) scan

    CT scans, also known as CAT scans, obtain multiple cross-sectional images of the body by using special X-rays and computer enhancement to create an im...
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  • Diskogram

    Diskography is a medical procedure that involves injecting a dye into the jellylike center of a spinal disk to help diagnose back problems. During dis...
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  • Lower back pain exam

    Your doctor will begin by asking questions about your medical history, your symptoms, and your work and physical activities. He or she will also do a ...
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  • Spinal fusion (arthrodesis)

    Spinal fusion (arthrodesis) is a surgical procedure that joins, or fuses, two or more vertebrae. Spinal fusion is major surgery, usually lasting sever...
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  • Spinal X-ray

    Spinal X-rays are pictures of the spine to find injuries or diseases that affect the disks or joints in the spine. These include spinal fractures, inf...
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  • Magnetic resonance angiogram (MRA)

    A magnetic resonance angiogram (MRA) uses a magnetic field and pulses of radio wave energy to make pictures of blood vessels inside the body. It is a ...
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  • Occupational therapy

    Occupational therapy is treatment to help people live as independently as possible. Occupational therapists work with people of all ages who, because ...
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  • Physical therapy

    Physical therapy provides services for people of all ages, from newborns to the very oldest, when medical problems or other health-related conditions ...
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  • Speech-language pathology

    Speech-language pathologists assess, diagnose, treat and help prevent speech, language and communication disorders. Speech-language pathologists w...
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  • Endovascular therapies

    More and more patients who were traditionally treated by open surgical methods are today benefiting from minimally invasive, endovascular approaches. ...
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