ʻO nā mea hana spine kahi hoʻonohonoho kūikawā o nā mea hana ʻokiʻoki i hoʻohana ʻia i ke kaʻina spinal e mālama i nā kūlana like ʻole, e like me nā haʻihaʻi, deformities, a me nā maʻi degenerative. Hoʻolālā ʻia kēia mau mea hana i ka pololei, ka lōʻihi, a me ka maikaʻi, e ʻae i nā kauka lapaʻau e hana i nā kaʻina hana paʻakikī me ka liʻiliʻi o ka invasiveness.
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