Surviving a car crash can feel like a miracle, but the process of putting together the pieces of one’s life does not end after the last stitch has been removed. Sunrise resident Scottie Brisc ...

Many patients feel that functionally there was no benefit to these procedures. Some patients resort to spinal injections, spinal cord stimulators, or pain pumps to deal with the pain after a failed ...

Researchers compared outcomes in two groups of patients surgically treated with lumbar fusion for degenerative spine disease. One group had undergone minimally invasive surgery (MIS) and the other ...

Previous spine surgery a strong predictor of deep infection after lumbar fusion A study found that infection risk is also increased after lengthy surgeries and in patients who smoke.

No significant association was seen between type of index operation and need for revision surgery among patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (DLSS), according to a cohort study. Among ...

HealthDay News — Minimally invasive surgery for spinal lumbar interbody fusion is associated with less blood loss and shorter hospital stays compared with open surgery, although these advantages ...

Awake lumbar interbody fusion Date: April 1, 2019 Source: Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group Summary: A new article provides the reader with a glimpse of how effective lumbar surgery in ...

Patients who underwent single-position lumbar surgery had improved operative efficacy as well as reduced blood loss, length of stay and ileus compared with traditional repositioned “flip ...

Minimally invasive approach to upper lumbar fusion surgery reduces risk to large vessels, sympathetic plexus.

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