Too often, we meet patients who have been suffering with debilitating back pain for years because they're convinced they are out of options. Certainly, that was the case for Laurie Zapatka, who was injured in a car accident 20 years ago and whose condition became progressively worse. By the time she came to UT Southwestern, her mobility was severely limited.
A day after posterior spinal fusion surgery at UTSW, she was up and moving with "zero pain." Watch her story below.