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What Is Degenerative Spinal Arthritis? - Dr. Wang (VIDEO)

By Dr. Jeffrey Wang Expert June 18, 2009 - 2:38pm
 
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Dr. Wang describes degenerative spinal arthritis.

More Videos from Dr. Jeffrey Wang 56 videos in this series

Dr. Wang:

Arthritis comes with age. We get arthritis in all areas of our body and we can get it in the spine. And we typically use the term degenerative spinal arthritis just to denote kind of normal, age-related changes in the spine.

About Dr. Wang, M.D.:
Dr. Jeffrey Wang, M.D., is the Chief of Spine Surgery and Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Neurology at the UCLA School of Medicine. He specializes in all spine disorders in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar area. His research interests include gene therapy for the treatment of spinal disorders, minimally invasive surgery for spinal disorders, bone growth biological proteins, and biomedical engineering of non-invasive spine surgery using high intensity focused ultrasonic waves.

Visit Dr. Wang at UCLA School of Medicine

 
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