Elective neurosurgery has quietly crossed a threshold: advances in minimally invasive techniques, anesthesia, and perioperative care have made a set of historically “inpatient” spine and neurovascular ...

TOCHIGI, Japan — A controlled study comparing results of skip laminectomy with open-door laminoplasty demonstrated that skip laminectomy reduced axial symptoms yet maintained neck range of motion ...

Rheumatoid arthritis often involves your wrists, knees, and feet. But it can also affect your spine. Most of the time, this kind of back pain responds well to arthritis treatments such as biologics.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (FEBRUARY 2, 2021). Researchers in the United Kingdom (UK) conducted a randomized controlled trial in 47 patients with lumbar spinal stenosis to compare treatment outcomes and ...

Surgery for spinal stenosis of the neck aims to relieve compression and improve symptoms. Spinal stenosis is a compression of nerves in the spine. The condition most commonly affects the lumbar spine, ...

Patients whose lumbar spinal stenosis was treated with decompression surgery plus fusion ended up no less disabled than those who had decompression alone, but they did lose more blood, stay ...