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 ...

Spine surgery complications do not necessarily surface in the operating room. The conditions for breakdown are laid long before a patient ever reaches the table. From the outside, the work looks ...

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

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 ...

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

Sixty two children who suffered complications after undergoing spinal surgery in Temple St Hospital, Dublin are to be asked to return for further medical assessment following an independent review ...

Making the choice to undergo back surgery isn’t just a medical decision—it’s a pivotal moment that can transform your quality of life. While many individuals find themselves contemplating this option ...