Spinal fusion is a surgical procedure doctors can use to treat many different problems in your back or neck. The surgery joins two or more of your vertebrae together, which can: stabilize and align ...

From clinical outcomes to costs, here are the key discoveries in spine surgery this year: 1. A study from Plano-based Texas Back Institute found positive clinical results for patients having hybrid ...

Dr. Stanley Hoang with Ochsner LSU Health recently completed the first-ever awake dual approach spinal fusion surgery. Using ...

Ankle fusion and total joint replacement are the two main options for definitive treatment of advanced arthritis. This large British study found that revision rates were significantly higher with ...

UNDATED Knee fusion eases the pain, but also takes away a person's ability to bend that knee. HealthFirst reporter Leslie Toldo says new and better implants and surgeries have taken the place of many ...

Cerapedics Inc., a global, commercial-stage orthopedics company dedicated to redefining the path to bone repair, today announced the publication of two back-to-back papers in Spine detailing 24-month ...

Moving complex spine to ASCs saves 60%, but professionals warn that standard facilities aren't ready, as it takes "purpose-built" infrastructure to proceed.

Whether to have back surgery can be a controversial decision but a new procedure to reverse it may be even more controversial. Bobbie Jo Ramirez says she would never have attempted to jump or catch a ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. For a long time, spinal fusion was the only surgery to treat ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Kyra Condie first noticed the pain in her back more than a decade ago, when she started rock climbing competitively. It wasn't a searing pain. More of a constant ache. But she said it ...

Cerapedics Inc., a global, commercial-stage orthopedics company dedicated to redefining the path to bone repair, today announced the publication of two back-to-back papers in Spine detailing 24-month ...