"I went to the hospital because my back hurt, but he said he had a knee problem" It is more common than expected to find knee ...

Lumbar stenosis, or narrowing of the spinal canal in the lower back, is commonly due to degenerative processes (normal wear and tear from years of use) in the spine, also called spondylosis. This ...

Figure 2: Patient positioned for the lateral lumbar interbody fusion. The surgeon will identify the affected disc using X-ray and mark the appropriate position for a small, lateral incision. Through ...

Cerapedics’ PearlMatrix P-15 peptide enhanced bone graft for lumbar spinal fusion earned FDA premarket approval, the company said June 23. The FDA granted it a Class III drug-device combination ...

The most divisive topics in spine surgery include regenerative medicine, hybrid constructs and who performs some minimally invasive procedures. Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed ...

MRI or CT normal or with minor degenerative changes without spinal nerve root impingement: All lumbar spinal levels: 26: 22.4 *Number of patients 116. Tables. Table 3.

Most guidelines recommend a course of conservative care, including the North American Spine Society guidelines, for patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis.2 However, when conservative ...

Centinel Spine advances its commitment to lumbar total disc replacement (LTDR) with new prodisc L instruments designed to meet evolving customer needs while ensuring effective and reproducible ...

Background/objective Degenerative diseases of the lumbar spine were managed with discectomy or laminectomy. This study aimed to compare these two surgical treatments in the postoperative revision ...

Figure 1 Spinal cord stimulator system with epidural electrode and subcutaneous pulse generator. Illustration: Øystein Horgmo, University of Oslo. The electrode may also be implanted by a neurosurgeon ...