Study Design: The 5 year review of patients referred to one center. Objective: To report spinal cord infarction secondary to vascular occlusion from disease in a lower thoracic intervertebral foramen.

Investigators showed that diagnosis was improved in 56% of patients with lumbar radiculopathy when a new type of oblique MRI fast spin-echo scan of the lumbar neuroforamen was used. David B. Bumpass, ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Investigators who used standardized pedicle-to-pedicle preoperative and postoperative CT scans to image the foramen and also measured it with specialized software found anterior lumbar ...

Anthropologists confirm a direct link between upright two-legged (bipedal) walking and the position of the foramen magnum, a hole in the base of the skull that transmits the spinal cord. Anthropology ...

Spinal stenosis — also called vertebral stenosis — is a condition in which spaces in your spine become too narrow (the term “stenosis” refers to narrowing of any passage in the body). As a result, ...

This article is a transcribed, edited summary of a video Bob and Brad recorded in April of 2024. For the original video, go to https://youtu.be/5dSGWgWO2So Mike ...

Percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy procedures aim to preserve bony structures and cause less damage to paravertebral muscles and ligaments than open lumbar discectomy, allowing a shorter ...