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The Doctors – Life-Changing Spine Surgeries

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The Doctors: Life-Changing Spine Surgeries · Dr. Hooman Melamed on YouTube

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This is a short promotional video for Dr. Melamed's practice in Los Angeles. It opens with brief patient clips about long-term back pain, fear of surgery and a failed back surgery. A narrator then describes his areas of focus, including minimally invasive spine surgery, scoliosis, and cervical and lumbar procedures, and says he is able to help 90% of his patients without surgery. It also lists his TV appearances, including The Doctors, Dr. Oz and Steve Harvey.

Medically reviewed byDr. Hooman Melamed, MD, FAAOS

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From the video's automatic YouTube captions, edited for punctuation, capitalization and paragraph breaks. Filler sounds such as "um" are left out, and clearly misheard names and medical terms are corrected. Words that could not be made out are marked [inaudible].

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I’ve been in back pain for so long that I just can’t imagine it being fixed.

Here and I have to have surgery is actually frightening.

I woke up in the middle of the night and my arm was numb.

Most of the doctors said that I need to learn how to live with chronic pain for the rest of my life.

After I had the surgery, it was such a traumatic experience for me. I didn’t think that there was anything that anybody else could do.

Have you had a failed back surgery and don’t know who to trust? Are you in constant back pain and are afraid of back surgery? Are you concerned a spine surgeon won’t take the time to evaluate your pain and will automatically recommend surgery?

Based in Los Angeles, California, Dr. Hooman Melamed is a renowned board certified spine surgeon specializing in minimally invasive spine surgery, scoliosis, cervical and lumbar spine procedures, stem cell therapy for the back, and more. His commitment to patient care, can continued education and extraordinary surgical skills have made him the go-to physician for all spine deformities and treatments, and he is widely recognized as one of the best spine surgeons in Los Angeles.

Dr. Melamed spends time listening and evaluating each patient and comes up with an individualized treatment plan. He has helped countless patients who thought they would live in pain for the rest of their life after a failed back surgery, and now those same patients are pain-free, have gained control of their lives and are back doing activities they love. In addition, Dr. Melamed is able to help 90% of his patients without surgery, including Dr. Travis Stork from the syndicated national television show The Doctors.

It’s these reasons why Dr. Melamed appears regularly on The Doctors, Dr. Oz, Steve Harvey, Fox and Friends, along with KTLA, CBS, KCAL and ABC in Los Angeles. And it’s why he has been selected by his peers to be inducted into the Leading Physicians of the World, is a Los Angeles Super Doctor, and was chosen as a Top Doctor by the prestigious Castle Connolly year after year.

Don’t be among the 80% of Americans who will suffer from back pain during their lifetime. Do you want to live a life free of back pain? Are you looking for the best spine surgeon in Los Angeles? Call [inaudible] or click the link below to schedule your consultation.

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Send your imaging for a personal review with Dr. Melamed. Many patients learn a smaller, muscle-sparing option is on the table.