The lumbar spine includes the five vertebrae in your lower back numbered L1 to L5. These bones help provide mobility and stability to your back and spinal column and are an attachment point for many ...

Therefore, automating the patient-specific modeling process is essential. Methods: We developed an automated and robust pipeline that generates and simulates biofidelic vertebrae and intervertebral ...

Why Trust Us? Scientists have officially grown a notochord—the tissues that act as the “GPS for the developing embryo” by guiding the formation of the spine and nervous system. Previous ...

Neck arthritis (also known as neck osteoarthritis or cervical spondylosis) is the degeneration of the joints, bones, and discs of the cervical spine of the neck. Neck arthritis is a common condition, ...

Laminectomy is a type of spinal decompression surgery where a surgeon removes the bony arch from one or more of your spinal bones (vertebrae). This widens the space around your spine and can help ...

The transverse process is a small bone that extends from both sides of the vertebrae. While injuries to this area are painful, they are typically not career-threatening. Despite the discomfort ...

Have had previous lumbar spine surgery at the same levels. Inadequate English to complete outcome measures ... The posterior spinal muscles will then be dissected in a subperiosteal fashion to expose ...

Background: Beside symptoms and clinical signs radiological findings are crucial in the diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). We investigate which quantitative radiological signs are ...