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Dr. Mark McFarland performs Orthopaedic & Spine Center’s first Intracept cases

Mark McFarland, DO, of Newport News, Va.-based Orthopaedic & Spine Center, performed the practice’s first Intracept basivertebral nerve ablation cases.

By: Carly Behm

Monday, June 10th, 2024

Dr. McFarland performed the outpatient cases at Mercy Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital in Newport News, according to a June 10 news release shared with Becker’s. The cases were a first for the Newport News region.

One patient was 91, and the other was 53. Both had a history of chronic vertebrogenic back pain.

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