When a piece of hardware – like a screw – needs to be inserted into a patient’s spine, it’s important that it is placed in ...

The lumbosacral joint, also called L5-S1, is a term used to describe a part of the spine. L5-S1 is the exact spot where the lumbar spine ends and the sacral spine begins. The lumbosacral joint ...

Not all spinal fusions are the same. The surgical approach depends on the patient’s anatomy, the location of the issue, and the surgeon’s goal, whether it’s stability, nerve relief ...

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 ...

In 2021, several spine and orthopedic societies published a stance warning against allowing non-spine surgeons to perform spinal arthrodesis. Years after that statement was published, many spine ...

Alphatec Holdings commercially launched its Prone TransPsoas (PTP) corpectomy system, expanding the type of spine surgeries ...

ABSTRACT: Spinal arthrodesis is a common surgical procedure for treating degenerative, traumatic, and deformative pathologies, with osteobiology playing a fundamental role in spinal fusion. Although ...

A potential overreliance on new technology, the lack of standardization and long-term data and underappreciation of global spinal alignment are three of the most overlooked issues in spine care and ...

The likelihood of lumbar spinal stenosis increases during the fifth decade of life and ranges from 1.7% to 8% in the general population.9 Surgical treatment focuses on a patient’s pathological anatomy ...

Capitalizing on the flexibility of tiny cells inside the body's smallest blood vessels may be a powerful spinal cord repair strategy, new research suggests. Capitalizing on the flexibility of tiny ...

"Grey's Anatomy" and "Euphoria" star Eric Dane has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou ...

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