Innovations in spine surgery are opening up new opportunities for patient quality and reducing complications. Surgeons say minimally invasive approaches have reduced wound drainage, infections and ...

Patients who undergoing surgery for spinal stenosis face a higher risk of complication if the surgeon performs less than four such procedures each year, according to a study published in Neurosurgery.

Complications such as hospital or emergency room readmission and infections are lower for patients undergoing outpatient transforaminal endoscopic decompression surgery for lumbar foraminal and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Richard Menger is a neurosurgeon and a political scientist. A post-operative x-ray showing a spinal deformity correction for ...

When Maranda Nyborg started feeling under the weather, she didn't think anything of it. It was October, and she usually caught something as the seasons changed. Nyborg, a Division I student athlete at ...

A cervical foraminotomy is a procedure that decompresses a nerve in the neck. A spine surgeon removes bone or disc pieces that are pressing on the nerves that go from your neck to your arm. The ...

A simple model consisting of four risk factors can help surgeons to predict the risk of complications after surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM)—a common condition causing compression of ...

Recovering from back surgery can be a challenging and emotional journey. It often comes with physical and mental hurdles that require patience, perseverance and a well-structured rehabilitation plan.

GARY Numan’s wife Gemma has revealed she’s been left paralysed after complications during spinal surgery. Gemma, 57, took to ...

Pioneering surgeon has run afoul of Fairview Health Services, though, which suspended his hospital privileges amid an investigation of his patient care. Dr. Hamid Abbasi liked what he saw from the ...

The revolutionary procedure at Intermountain Health Primary Children’s Hospital reduces the risk of complications for moms ...