Background Drug-coated balloon (DCB) is a potential treatment for patients with low restenosis risk in vertebral artery origin stenosis (VAOS). However, the clinical data of long-term outcome are ...

Background Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is the common term used ... 44% male], with symptoms severe enough to indicate LSS surgery, were included in this prospective single-center study.

Background: While it is widely held that non-surgical management should be the first line of approach in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis ... went on to require surgery.

The opening will be stretched back to its original size, if possible. This is called endoscopic dilation. In some cases, you may need more surgery to fix problems related to the stenosis. You may also ...

A woman spent three months in hospital with severe complications from spinal fusion surgery to treat lower back pain, costing her insurer $343,950. A further 13 claims related to complications ...

paralyzing episode discovered stenosis, or a compression of the spine that was disrupting her spinal nerves, according to the lawsuit. She underwent emergency surgery, and then her regularly ...

Methods This study retrospectively analyzed patients with lumbar OVCF who were scheduled for surgical treatment. All patients underwent thoracic and lumbar MRI before surgery. We evaluated the ...

A lumbar puncture is used to take a sample of the cerebrospinal fluid from the lower back. This fluid flows around the spinal cord and the brain, and clears waste products. Levels of certain proteins ...

Repeated measurements are taken at the upper and lower borders of the stenosis and tracheostoma, if present, and lastly at the level of the carina (Figure 6). In order to program the surgery correctly ...