Our 3.0 Tesla MRI is the Most Advanced in Kansas City

When most people are told they need an MRI, they’re not aware that different types of MRI machines may give different results.

Greg Duran, director of the radiology department at Heartland, uses a high-strength scanning system which is faster and provides better scanning than many other systems. The important difference at Heartland is that the magnet is a 3.0 Tesla.

“Tesla refers to the field strength of the magnet,” Duran says. “As good as 1.5 Tesla MR images are, they just can’t characterize some subtle abnormalities as well as 3.0 Tesla can.”

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How to Know it's Time for Spine Surgery

How to determine if you need back surgery: Spine surgeon offers helpful hints

Back pain will affect more than 80 percent of all Americans at some time in their lives, but Orthopaedic spine surgeon Dr. John M. Ciccarelli says spinal surgery should almost always be the last resort. Dr. Ciccarelli’s practice, Premier Spine Care in Overland Park, Kansas, is made up of fellowship trained orthopaedic spine surgeons with advanced training in spinal surgical problems.

“In our practice, we are very conservative. Spine surgery is always the last option,” he says.

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the Need for Back Surgery

From the Chairman

Since Heartland Spine & Specialty Hospital opened our doors, we’ve been focused on creating the ideal hospital experience for our patients.

Leading physician pioneers from several specialties built and opened the hospital in 2003. We’ve made important choices at every step along the way based on our commitment to the patient. We believe you’ll feel the difference on every level of care at Heartland.

Heartland’s doctors have created the kind of environment in which we ourselves would like to get treatment.

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