Michael Jannetty’s back pain was killing him, at least he felt like it was. Just seven years earlier he had undergone a spinal fusion procedure and while it initially relieved his pain, his symptoms began reoccurring due to stenosis and arthritis in his vertebrae. “The pain was so bad I couldn’t even stand for long. Often my legs would give out. I lived in pain for more than a year” he says. It was then that he turned to Dr. Alan Waitze for neurosurgery at Waterbury Hospital. Dr. Waitze, a highly trained neurosurgeon incorporates an advanced new technology known as Computer Assisted Spinal Navigation for his patients. The Navigation procedure cleared up areas of spinal congestion, also enabling Dr. Waitze to remove hardware implanted from Michael’s previous procedure. Just four weeks after surgery Michael was on vacation. And, today’s he’s back on the golf course and back in the game. With the use of the region’s only Computer Assisted Spinal Navigation System, Michael had a faster, better recovery.