{"id":9372,"date":"2020-08-03T12:31:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T18:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drandresmorales.com\/?page_id=9372"},"modified":"2026-02-24T09:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:06:18","slug":"spine-surgery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.drandresmorales.com\/en\/spine-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Spine Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1589309467922{margin-top: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]Vertebral spine lesions \u2014due to accidents, efforts, and bad postures\u2014 have become a health problem that affect more and more people every day.<\/p>\n<p>Spine surgery aims at decompressing, reestablish, and fix structural anomalies of the spine. 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