Wadia Hospital in Mumbai has opened a cutting-edge fetal surgery center specializing in treating open spina bifida, aiming to ...

What is lumbar spinal stenosis? Lumbar spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal in the lower back (lumbar spine). The spinal canal houses the spinal cord and nerves. The narrowing caused by ...

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 ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted two 510 (k) clearances for implants which restore the integrity of ...

Recovery from spinal stenosis surgery can vary based on what type of procedure was performed and the number of vertebrae operated on. Activity restrictions will be put in place during the initial ...

When thinking about the long-term future of spine surgery, some procedures stand out for their cost-effectiveness.

University Hospitals is now offering endoscopic spine surgery for patients needing treatment for back pain due to herniated discs in their spine. Xiaofei (Sophie) Zhou, MD, completed Arthrex's ...

Softball player no longer has feeling or movement below the waist following surgery to remove a tumor from her spine.

Primary outcomes were back pain at 6 and 12 weeks. Standard open discectomy was assessed versus conservative interventions at ... 27 If conservative treatment failed, which was ascertained on a ...

When going through open-heart surgery, patients like Williams are often so concerned about the operation itself that they may not consider what recovery will be like. “Many of o ...

Steve Schwarz underwent spinal surgery, only to later succumb to MRSA due to discontinuation of antibiotics at a care home. His family sued the doctors, resulting in a $1.65 million award.

A small, flexible, disposable camera is making a huge difference in spinal surgery. On December 03, 2024, Daniel Sciubba, MD, and senior vice president of neurosurgery at Northwell Spine Institute, ...