10% to 40% of patients experience "failed back surgery syndrome," in which the vertebrae do not fuse back together, the report said. "The times in which spinal fusion and laminectomy work for ...

Recently, an important study exposed a shocking reality: one unnecessary spine surgery is performed every eight minutes in ...

Endoscopic spine surgery is poised to play an increasing role in patient care, but questions about dominating techniques and payer responses remain, Brandon Hir ...

There are two main approaches to surgery: the posterior approach, in which a portion of the posterior aspect of the spinal canal is removed in a procedure known as laminectomy, and the anterior ...

Dr. J. Alex Sielatycki, a fellowship-trained spine surgeon at (PMC) in Meeker, started performing surgeries using the ...

Most patients with radiculopathy improve without surgery; however ... on the cause of radiculopathy and location in the spine (cervical vs. lumbar). Common surgical procedures are foraminotomy, ...

“In spinal surgery, as with other fields of medicine ... Researchers looked at hospital data for common back surgeries, including spinal fusion, laminectomy, and vertebroplasty, for which clinical ...

one unnecessary spine surgery is performed every eight minutes. The most commonly performed unnecessary spine surgeries include laminectomy, fusion, and discectomy. In addition to exposing ...