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Spine Surgeries TexasHealth.org 4 Success of Patient-centered care sets Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano apart. w ith the latest in brain lab technology, including direct neuromonitoring with microscopic guidance, surgeons on the medical staff at Texas Health Plano conduct complex neurological and spinal operations, accurately pinpointing tumors and placing hardware within the patients' bodies. One of the top providers of minimally invasive surgeries in Collin County for more than 15 years, the hospital has a reputation for the kind of experience and credibility patients count on. Add to that the Magnet Recognition Program award from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, a designation earned by the nursing staff, and Texas Health Plano is a top choice for patients in Collin County and Rex Kurzius Roger Lamourex surrounding areas needing spine or neurological surgery. Texas Health Plano provides quality care right here at home, and that's important when you need that level of medical intervention. Read about the experiences of four Texas Health Plano neurosurgery patients who were in such a position. ROGER LAMOUREX Late on the evening of December 15, 2011, Roger Lamourex, 64, a Plano resident, passed out in his bathroom and awoke unable to move. Lamourex was rushed to Texas Health Plano by ambulance, where he was diagnosed with severe cervical spondylosis — badly herniated discs and bone spurs that compressed his spinal cord. "Roger had severe spinal cord compression that would leave most people quadriplegics," says Rebecca Stachniak, M.D., neurosurgeon on the medical staff at Texas Health Plano. "Maybe 1 percent of people with this diagnosis ever get strength or sensation back, and fewer are able to walk again." Following a delicate and dangerous operation, Lamourex spent 12 days in the Intensive Care Unit at Texas Health Plano. It wasn't long before he could wiggle his toes and fingers, moves that indicated his damaged nerves were firing again. Today, in spite of the odds, he walks using a cane. "For the most part, I'm up and about, traveling on my own throughout the house," Lamourex says. "We go shopping, we go to dinner. I'm not limited or confined." REX KURZIUS He may seem like Superman, but Rex Kurzius, a 39-year-old golfer, serial entrepreneur, amateur kickboxer and husband, felt like anything but a superhero in January 2013, when he herniated a disc while lifting weights.

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