Get The Legs Moving Post-op – and the Bowels Will Follow

October 26, 2026 1 min read Premium comments

Source: Pixabay and Jan Bergman

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The postoperative checklist for metastatic spinal tumor patients is plenty long: control the pain, protect the neurologic function, stabilize the spine, eradicate the cancer as much as possible, and get patients back on their feet.

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