Lumbar decompression surgery may help people with certain spinal conditions, potentially relieving pain and other symptoms. Learn more here.

In this report, a new minimally invasive technique for lumbar infectious spondylitis is described. Is this approach an effective alternative to open surgery?

Introduction Lumbar decompression for spinal stenosis with radicular pain and weakness often is superior to conservative care. In patients with spinal instability caused by degenerative ...

Lumbar laminectomy is a surgery to treat spinal compression in your lower back. It involves removing the rear of one or more vertebrae. It’s usually a safe and effective treatment for spinal ...

There are many reasons for requiring a second operation. One reason for a second surgery is that the first surgery may not have fused completely, and the surgeon needs to redo the procedure. In other ...

Last month we discussed that the higher level (L1-L2, L2-L3 and L3-L4) lumbar disc herniations present significantly different than the more common lower level (L4-L5 and L5-S1) lumbar disc ...

Results showed operative treatment of adult symptomatic lumbar scoliosis yielded significantly greater clinical improvement at 8-year follow-up with no evidence of deterioration in treatment ...

Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a common and painful condition, which can make it difficult to walk or even stand up. But now, there is a new kind of minimally-invasive surgery that can provide ...

Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: T2-weighted MRI of the Lumbar Spine; (Left) Mid-sagittal view; (Right Top) Axial scan at the mid-L3 level; (Right Bottom) Axial scan at the L3-L4 disk level. Note the central ...

Retroperitoneal lymphocele, a rare condition, develops infrequently in association with abdominal trauma, renal transplantation, and abdominal aortic surgery as well as lumbar spine surgery.

To the Editor: Försth et al. (April 14 issue)1 found that in patients with lumbar stenosis, even in patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis, decompression surgery plus fusion surgery does ...