Decades ago, back operations involved long surgeries, lengthy recoveries and extended hospital stays. Open spine surgeries often comprised of large incisions, leading to post-operative pain and long ...

Dr. Hamid Abbasi liked what he saw from the live X-ray images of his patient’s lower back. Six dark arrows on a monotone display revealed screws he drove into Tina Wallace’s spine to boost its ...

A new chapter in spine surgery is unfolding, and Vamsi Kancherla, MD, is one of the surgeons writing its opening lines. Dr. Kancherla performed the first all-uniportal endoscopic lumbar fusion in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ambulatory care after spinal fusion may be noninferior to overnight hospital stays for 6-month functional ...

Recombinant bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2, Medtronic Inc), used to promote bone growth in spinal fusion surgery, offers little or no benefit over bone graft and may be associated with more ...

"I'm walking a lot right now," Carson Daly said on Thursday's TODAY, calling in to give an update on his health after undergoing his second back surgery in three months Carson Daly is opening up to ...

Corpectomy and laminectomy are two surgical options to treat neck and back pain. The procedures are similar, but a corpectomy is more complex and typically has a longer recovery timeline. Corpectomy ...