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tion. Give a single dose and avoid hos-
pitalization, etc.," he says.
"In the surgery program, we're
helping to define how big an area of
the brain is affected and what we need
to destroy in order to stop movement
disorders, correlating a lot of that with
MRI images."
There's also new hope for stroke
victims. "We believe that there will be •
new ways to decrease stroke damage
after a stroke occurs. As strokes per-
manently damage parts of the brain,
there are other areas of the brain that
aren't permanently damaged but par-
tially damaged and inhibit the damage
to the potentially salvageable brain
regions. A new treatment might allow
stroke victims to recover more than
they can today."
Although he lives on Pine Lake and
enjoys boating with his wife and play-
ing tennis and golf, Rosenblum does-
n't have a lot of time for leisure activi-
ties.
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Leaving his West Bloomfield home
at 6 a.m. and not returning until the
early evening hours is a typical day for
the neurosurgeon, who says he's most
relaxed when he's operating on a
patient.
"The function of a brain and a ner-

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or Olt et peop e, it can be real-
ty rewarding," he says, "depending
on their physiO,p
1 gical age." But, he
warns, the majorityof people with
back and leg pain ("probably 90
percent") do not need surgery.
"If it's compres.sing nerves or
you have neurologic problems,
then yes, surgery is a good option,"
he says. "The spine is complex.
Problems come from bulging discs,
a twisted spine, arthritis that builds
up extra bone that tends to squash
nerves, and a variety of things."
Rosenblum says that if the pain
doesn't get better with therapy or
by itself, patients can be helped
and cured with surgery: "There's
an 85 and 90 percent cure rate
with certain types of spine prob-
lems," he says.

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