Lumbar (lower back) fusions are not common to return from for a variety of reasons. There is a good chance that surgery doesn't help and the pain doesn't improve. In the general population, it's about ...

Having a higher socioeconomic status is associated with greater rates of surgical resource usage before spinal fusions, ...

As spine surgery continues to evolve with technological advances and a push toward value-based care, more procedures are ...

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 ...

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal which houses the nerves and spinal cord. Stenosis most commonly affects ...

By protecting both the implants and the patient’s anatomy, we can reduce complications and achieve better outcomes in spinal fusion surgery ... Our goal is to move spine surgery beyond ...

Neurological spine surgeon David Yam, MD, has joined the Spine Center at Prosser Memorial Health in Walla Walla, Wash. The ...

From a technology standpoint, spinal fusion and fixation technologies ... and around 1% to 3% of the population experiences lumbar spine disc symptoms, adding to the growing need for effective ...

A novel synthetic bone graft showed noninferiority to autograft in posterolateral spinal fusion. The synthetic graft also diminished the effects of smoking on surgical outcomes. SAN DIEGO — A ...

Cervical myelopathy is a condition that happens when the spinal cord in the neck is compressed or squeezed. There are many things that can cause this, but one of the most common is cervical ...