Lumbar spinal stenosis — a back condition affecting many older adults — can mean persistent bouts of back pain and a gradual loss of mobility. Patients are increasingly opting for a type of back ...

Decades ago, back operations involved long surgeries, lengthy recoveries and extended hospital stays. Open spine surgeries often comprised of large incisions, leading to post-operative pain and long ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Surgery to treat chronic lower back pain by fusing part of the spine faces scrutiny from the U.S. Medicare program this week when an advisory panel weighs how effective the ...

Lower back surgery represents a life-changing decision that demands careful consideration. While many view surgery as a solution to chronic pain, understanding these seven critical facts helps create ...

Conclusions: Navigation- and robot-assisted UBE-LIF are safe and effective procedures. Robot-assisted surgery offers higher screw accuracy and faster insertion, while the navigation-assisted approach ...

Common types of spine surgery include laminectomy, vertebroplasty, and spinal fusion. Certain procedures are better suited for certain types of damage. There are many types of spine surgery, but most ...

Many structural and pain problems associated with spinal disorders can be corrected with minimally invasive techniques. There are several advantages of using these procedures over traditional ...

"I'm walking a lot right now," Carson Daly said on Thursday's TODAY, calling in to give an update on his health after undergoing his second back surgery in three months Carson Daly is opening up to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LAKEWOOD, Colo. (KDVR) — A first-of-its-kind ...

Pioneering surgeon has run afoul of Fairview Health Services, though, which suspended his hospital privileges amid an investigation of his patient care. Dr. Hamid Abbasi liked what he saw from the ...