There is nothing like personal experience to spark research that could make an difference. It drove 15-year-old Faye Terry to examine the psychological impact of spinal fusion operations on young ...

“The results were largely as expected: longer and more invasive surgeries are associated with higher complication rates. We ...

What’s the sticker price for a knee replacement cost in the Philadelphia area? It depends where you go. The average charge for the procedure at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is $72,340. Across ...

Here are eight notes on unnecessary spine procedures: 1. Florida ranks highest in the country for low-value and unnecessary back and spine surgeries performed on older adults. 2. The five hospitals ...

While you may know that the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that low back pain is the leading cause of disability ...

A local surgeon recently made medical history by implementing a new spine implant. In late October Dr. Garrick Cason of ...

Neurosurgeon in Naples, Fla. develops groundbreaking spinal fusion surgery without rods or screws. Faster recovery and lower infection risk.

That’s one low-value back procedure every eight minutes ... His posts indicate he had spinal fusion surgery in 2023. It is unclear whether it was successful. “There are lots of doctors ...

There's no denying it sounds like a horribly painful process, but Dynzell stuck with it through a second surgery in March 2023 before having the rods removed the following May. After going through the ...

If all goes to plan, Virginia will be the site of the world’s first grid-scale nuclear fusion power plant, able to harness this futuristic clean power and generate electricity from it by the ...