Results showed anterior lumbar interbody fusion with posterior pedicle screw fixation may be effective and cost efficient and pose minimal complications within the immediate postoperative period when ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The desire for a minimally invasive technique to restore intervertebral disc height for indirect decompression ...

Over five years, subsequent reoperation rates for single-level lumbar discectomy reached 14.4%, according to a study published in Spine. Four things to know: 1. The study included 308,979 adult ...

Spinal fusion is a surgical procedure doctors can use to treat many different problems in your back or neck. The surgery joins two or more of your vertebrae together, which can: stabilize and align ...

Really terrific study. And spoiler alert, it shows that heparin may simply not matter for routine 1–3 level lumbar fusions.

Degenerative lumbar central spinal stenosis (DLCCS) patients — often elderly, often frail — have a way of turning even well-planned surgeries into suction-canister marathons.

For patients contemplating spinal fusion surgery to alleviate pain, bone health is an important consideration. If a patient is found to have low bone density prior to surgery, it could affect the ...

LEWISVILLE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orthofix Medical Inc. (NASDAQ:OFIX), a leading global spine and orthopedics company, today announced the publication of new data from a prospective, multicenter ...

Pls help I had a L4/5 fusion last year Nov 2006, lately I've been having losts of pressure (pain) on my right side down the sciatica area and pressure on the buttock area what can be causing this? Ps: ...