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[]> Racz Procedure... Submitted by ML Whitworth, M.D. on 9/27/99.
Not that new...has been performed for several years in the US. Gabor Racz MD of Lubbock Texas created the procedure he called "epidural adhesiolysis" which we lovingly call the Racz procedure. A catheter is placed into the epidural space ( anterior epidural space in front of the spinal cord ) and scar tissue is lysed both physically and chemically.
I did one just today and average one every two weeks.
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