Elanor Ferguson wants to set a record as the fastest woman to walk the event with a fused spine.
Procedures that most commonly rate high on the pain scale involve bones and nerves, such as spinal fusion, open-heart surgery, and total knee replacement.
Persistent back pain after surgery typically stems from incomplete nerve decompression, scar tissue formation, or adjacent ...
High school football and construction work have taken their toll on Justin Loebel's back. Though he is just 43, Loebel has ...
According to the North American Community Hub Statistics (NCHstats), back pain affects four in every five people in the United States. The discomfort and loss of mobility that it causes result in 264 ...
Providence Medical Technology, Inc., a pioneer in less invasive solutions for spine surgery, today announced enrollment of ...
Spinal fusion has long been “the gold standard” in spine surgery, but motion-preserving techniques have become more attractive to physicians and patients in recent years. Spine surgeons discuss how ...
Spine surgery is increasingly defined by a tension few outside the field fully see: the collision of clinical complexity and economic constraint. For surgeons like Oliver Tannous, MD, an orthopedic ...