It helps keep the space between them open and eases pressure on your spinal ... The biggest risk of back surgery: Not knowing for sure if it’s going to help with your pain.

They can perform the surgery in a couple of ways: An open diskectomy is done with a cut in your back or neck. Microdiscectomy is done through a much smaller cut. Your surgeon inserts a thin tube ...

As many spine procedures become more minimally invasive, they’re also in a good position to grow in the ASC setting. Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed to spine surgeons around ...

So, he opted for a standard decompression using an operating microscope instead of a high-risk spinal fusion open back ...

It can help relieve pain. A laminectomy may be minimally invasive or a full open-spine surgery. Spinal osteotomy refers to a number of surgeries used to change the spinal curvature. The goal is to ...

So, he opted for a standard decompression using an operating microscope instead of a high-risk spinal fusion open back ...

Daly has long been open about suffering from chronic lower ... when host underwent his first back surgery. TODAY cameras following him before and after the operation to document the experience ...

Tiger Woods revealed he had undergone surgery to repair a ruptured left Achilles tendon, derailing the veteran golf superstar ...