5 QUESTIONS WITH WILLIAM AARON KUNKLE, DO FORT WAYNE ORTHOPEDICS

In addition to decreasing operative time, the facedown position allows for better correction and maintenance of the natural lumbar curve, decreased muscle damage, less blood loss, shorter hospital stays, quicker recovery, lower infection rates and potentially less adjacent disc degeneration. Historically, patients that have had spine fusion required prolonged hospital stays and insertion of drains which needed to be removed before they could leave the hospital. After medical school, I completed my orthopedic surgery residency in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at Broward General Medical Center - one of the busiest trauma centers in the country.