Pseudoarthrosis occurs when bones don’t heal after a fracture or bone surgery. When pseudoarthrosis affects the cervical or lumbar spine, it means that two vertebrae did not grow together after ...

Spinal stenosis exercise programs should be focused on improving spinal flexibility, strengthening the muscles of the trunk and lower extremities, and general overall conditioning to improve spinal ...

Steel springs implanted in children during spinal surgery were made from a metal known to corrode and were not evaluated due to gaps in hospital procedures, health regulator Hiqa has found.

Background Few studies have so far explored plaque characteristics on high-resolution magnetic resonance vessel wall imaging (HR-VWI) associated with intraprocedural stent thrombosis (IPST) during ...

Only rarely, however, does such a hemangioma cause spinal-cord compression. Myelocompression by hemangioma of the cervical vertebral bodies is particularly unusual. Since early recognition and ...

Spinal cord diseases are a heterogeneous group of conditions that cause damage or dysfunction of the spinal cord. They include infections, inflammatory disorders, vascular diseases and disorders ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a disorder affecting the motor neurons—nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement. These cells are located in the spinal cord. Because the muscles cannot ...

Whereas scoliosis is a general term that covers all types of spinal curves, levoscoliosis is a specific subtype of scoliosis that involves a left-sided curve. The subtype for a right-sided curve ...

What is apitegromab for SMA? Apitegromab (SRK-015) is an experimental muscle-directed infusion therapy being developed by Scholar Rock as an add-on treatment to improve motor function in people with ...

Turn it up to 11! In celebration of the upcoming long-awaited sequel to "Spinal Tap," the original movie is headed back to theaters for one weekend only in July.March 28, 2025 ...

(L-R) Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest and Michael McKean in 1984's "This Is Spinal Tap" Everett EXCLUSIVE: Bleecker Street is teaming with Fathom Entertainment on the re-release of Rob Reiner’s ...