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Heel Pain – Treating Heel Spurs

Heel spurs (plantar fasciitis) are an orthopedic disease that causes severe heel pain in 10% of the population. Dr. Nimrod Ron, Head of the Foot and Ankle Service in the Orthopedics "B" Department at Hillel Yaffe Medical Center and a developer of one of the surgical treatments of the disease, explains the treatment.

Reversing a Shoulder: Innovative Shoulder Surgery

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center is among the few hospitals in Israel that perform reverse shoulder replacement surgery - operations that change the structure of the shoulder for those suffering severe tendon ruptures. Dr. Gil Laufer reports a success rate of close to 80% returning to full daily functioning after surgery

16/06/2007