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.

After years of chronic pain, numbness, and weakness, David Terrell's life was transformed after two advanced spine surgeries ...

Spine surgery is in a “renaissance” with new ideas regularly emerging, Tan Chen, MD, said. As more data comes out, he said he expects two techniques to stand out in the playing field: endoscopic spine ...

The Lions added Damone Clark, LB in free agency. He has a remarkable medical history of a spinal fusion surgery for a herniated disc found at the NFL combine. Here is the excerpt from my medical ...

Providence Medical Technology’s latest randomized controlled trial is designed to once again challenge the standard of care ...

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 ...

There's one procedure in particular which the doctor said was extremely painful, and it's a routine operation.

Dr. Sean McCance's leading New York City orthopedic spine surgery practice, Spine Associates of NYC (Manhattan), is pleased to announce that David M. Matusz MD, has joined the practice. Dr. Matusz is ...

For years, sprinkling vancomycin powder into a posterior spinal fusion wound has felt a bit like tossing salt over your shoulder — part science, part superstition, and widely practiced “just in case.” ...

A recent advancement in minimally invasive spine surgery, unilateral biportal endoscopy integrates the principles of both microscopic and endoscopic techniques.It utilizes two independent portals — ...

Persistent back pain after surgery typically stems from incomplete nerve decompression, scar tissue formation, or adjacent ...