illions of surgical procedures are
performed each year in the U.S. with
most requiring some sort of recovery
period. So it would make sense to make
surgery as minimally invasive as possible
to shorten the healing process.
Charles Haworth, M.D., Cape Fear Valley's
new Director of Neurosurgery, is a firm
believer in the strategy.
"You can make a big incision and take
all the muscles down," he said, "or you
can make a smaller incision that's less
painful, bleeds less and has less chance
of infection."
I envision a spine treat-
ment and wellness center,
similar to the health
system's Cancer Treatment
& CyberKnife Center.
The goal is to do more cut-
ting-edge surgery at Cape
Fear Valley so it will be-
come a destination-medical
facility like larger university-
affiliated hospitals.
– charles haworth, md
c a p e f e a r v a l l e y h e a l t h :: n e u r o s u r g e r y a n d s p i n e c e n t e r
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