Then he came across a new procedure using a flexible implant that the Food and Drug Administration approved in June 2023 and deemed superior to the common spinal fusion surgery. He had the surgery ...

Professor Yimin Zou and colleagues have published surprising results that reveal that RYK expression inhibits wound healing, ...

And even then, how much you correct initially with the cord, how much additional pressure ... patients may end up undergoing a posterior spinal fusion within five years. That’s 75% of people ...

Megan King from Illinois survived a rare injury where her skull detached from her spine after a football accident at 16. Diagnosed later with a genetic disorder, she underwent 37 surgeries, including ...

The global spinal fusion device market is projected to reach ... increased investments in healthcare and the growing number of spinal cord injuries and problems are further driving market growth.

The Today host celebrated his milestone birthday on June 22 and opened up to PEOPLE about how he’s feeling after undergoing an Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion surgery, in which an ...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Spinal Cord Injury Model System (UAB-SCIMS) maintains this Information Network as a resource to promote knowledge in the areas of research, health and quality ...

Cervical myelopathy is a condition that happens when the spinal cord in the neck is compressed or squeezed ... This procedure is known as an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). Your ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A groundbreaking spinal surgery brings a man a second chance to enjoy his life. ABC57 first brought you the news back in 2023 with a South Bend surgeon first in the country to ...

A novel synthetic bone graft showed noninferiority to autograft in posterolateral spinal fusion. The synthetic graft also diminished the effects of smoking on surgical outcomes. SAN DIEGO — A ...

Before his fall, he’d had spinal fusion surgery that resulted in a ... she said. The spinal cord was another story. “It was not severed, but it was injured, and was injured at the top ...