A common cause for missed days at work or a trip to the emergency room is the intense back and leg pain that comes from a pinched nerve in the lower back. How does this happen? What are the treatment ...

Several types of back surgery can help reduce back pain. Common procedures include spinal fusion, discectomy, and disk replacement. Recovery times may depend on the extent of the procedure. Share on ...

Common types of spine surgery include laminectomy, vertebroplasty, and spinal fusion. Certain procedures are better suited for certain types of damage. There are many types of spine surgery, but most ...

More than 312,000 lumbar spine procedures have been added to the American Spine Registry from 2015 to 2024, and posterior lumbar interbody fusions/ transforaminal lumbar interbody fusions were the ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A major medical milestone has been reached right here in the Borderland. A local neurosurgeon at UMC ...

Scoliosis is the medical term for a sideways curvature of the spine. Spinal fusion surgery (SFS) for scoliosis fuses two or more vertebrae together to help straighten the spine and prevent the ...

Surgical treatments for spinal stenosis include laminectomy, discectomy, and spinal fusion. A doctor may recommend surgery for spinal stenosis in severe cases or if nonsurgical methods do not help ...

Decades ago, back operations involved long surgeries, lengthy recoveries and extended hospital stays. Open spine surgeries often comprised of large incisions, leading to post-operative pain and long ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) the world leader in spinal technology, announced today a pioneering approach to minimally invasive spinal fusion at the 26 th annual ...

Whether to have back surgery can be a controversial decision but a new procedure to reverse it may be even more controversial. Bobbie Jo Ramirez says she would never have attempted to jump or catch a ...