Ernest Braxton, MD | Spine Surgeon | Vail, Aspen, Denver, Grand Junction CO

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Dr. Ernest Braxton is a Board Certified neurosurgeon specializing in brain tumors, neurotrauma, and complex and minimally invasive outpatient spine surgery and artificial disc technology. He is passionate about minimally invasive spine surgery because patients return to performance faster. He is an expert with motion preservation technology such as artificial disc surgery and has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Braxton is an Afghan war veteran with extensive experience caring for complex combat injuries during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Accelus Announces VSON as First to Adopt Remi™ Robotic Navigation System

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Accelus, a privately held medical technology company focused on accelerating the adoption of minimally invasive [...]

Accelus Announces VSON as First to Adopt Remi™ Robotic Navigation Systemadminbraxtonmd2022-07-26T20:35:20+00:00

How Dr. Ernest Braxton is overcoming spinal confusion at Vail-Summit Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery

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Ernest Braxton, MD, serves as a board-certified neurosurgeon at Vail, Colo.-based Vail-Summit Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery. [...]

How Dr. Ernest Braxton is overcoming spinal confusion at Vail-Summit Orthopaedics & Neurosurgeryadminbraxtonmd2022-05-26T22:10:44+00:00

Spine surgery the patient’s way: Dr. Ernest Braxton on awake procedures

adminbraxtonmd2022-03-16T21:34:01+00:00

Article by Becker's Spine Review On February 17, Ernest Braxton, MD, of Vail (Colo.) [...]

Spine surgery the patient’s way: Dr. Ernest Braxton on awake proceduresadminbraxtonmd2022-03-16T21:34:01+00:00

Dr. Braxton Named to List of 10 Spine Surgeons to Know by Becker’s Spine Review

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Dr. Ernest Braxton was named to the Becker's Spine Review list of 10 Spine [...]

Dr. Braxton Named to List of 10 Spine Surgeons to Know by Becker’s Spine Reviewadminbraxtonmd2022-03-12T18:11:45+00:00

Dr. Braxton: A National Leader in Neurosurgery

adminbraxtonmd2021-06-15T02:15:10+00:00

The term “renowned leader” gets thrown around a lot, but neurosurgeon Ernest Braxton has an [...]

Dr. Braxton: A National Leader in Neurosurgeryadminbraxtonmd2021-06-15T02:15:10+00:00

Dr. Braxton Interviewed by Becker’s on Cybersecurity

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Two-factor authentication is one of many methods used to protect patient information as ransomware attacks [...]

Dr. Braxton Interviewed by Becker’s on Cybersecurityadminbraxtonmd2021-04-05T17:24:50+00:00

Awake Spine Surgery

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What is Awake Spine Surgery? Awake spine surgery is an advanced surgical technique that allows [...]

Awake Spine Surgeryadminbraxtonmd2020-12-07T22:16:15+00:00

Spine Surgery Patient Testimonial Laura Cardwell

adminbraxtonmd2020-10-09T19:17:36+00:00

In this video, Laura Cardwell discusses how Dr. Braxton treated a [...]

Spine Surgery Patient Testimonial Laura Cardwelladminbraxtonmd2020-10-09T19:17:36+00:00

Dr. Ernest Braxton Featured in Becker’s Spine Review

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Dr. Braxton was featured in Becker's Spine Review: Dr. Ernest Braxton offers awake spinal [...]

Dr. Ernest Braxton Featured in Becker’s Spine Reviewadminbraxtonmd2020-10-01T19:25:43+00:00

A Passion for Preserving Motion Keeps Patients Thriving

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Dr. Ernest Braxton, neurosurgeon at Vail-Summit Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery, strives to keep his active [...]

A Passion for Preserving Motion Keeps Patients Thrivingadminbraxtonmd2020-09-29T17:36:43+00:00

Ernest Braxton, MD

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Pete Lipson

Aug 31, 2022

by Pete Lipson on Ernest Braxton, MD

Great Success with Dr Braxton two level disc arthroplasty

May 27 2022 Dr Braxton performed a disc arthroplasty on my spine, 2 level c4-c5, c5-c6. I feel much better and my shooting pain, aching in my trapezoids, front of neck, rear neck upper spine area are mostly gone. I do want to mention that i attribute much of the success also is due to i am very diligent about exercising daily and stretching, using a theraband daily for my neck. If i was not as diligent about daily upper spine specific stretching, exercises, i do not think i would be doing as well. Overall i am very happy i did the surgery and very happy i did not fuse. I am 44 y.o. and have an 11 y.o. that is way into sports and playing basketball and baseball with him is important to me, from what i read about fusion, doing these sports is not as enjoyable after fusion. Glad i did the disc replacement. Prior to surgery i had some burning, aching, shooting pain at times, that is all gone post surgery, i never had issues swallowing, not even the day after surgery. I am still learning about being self-aware and paying attention to when the tightness in my upper spine, neck is approaching pain, as soon as that occurs, i take 10-30 minutes to stretch, theraband, foam roll and the tightness is totally gone. This same activity prior to surgery was only about 20-30% as effective as it is now. Again, very happy i did the surgery, thank you Dr Braxton and thank you Vail Summit team!