Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite greater operative complexity, inclusion of L5-S1 in oblique lumbar interbody fusion may be safe and ...

Description of procedure: The patient underwent lumbar epidural steroid injection today. The epidural was observed at the level of L4-L5 under AP and lateral fluoroscopic guidance. 2cc of Omnipaque ...

Ehsan Jazini, MD, performed the first two-level lumbar disc replacement combining the TOPS spine system. He performed the milestone case at Reston (Va.) Hospital at L4-L5 and L5-S1, according to a Nov ...

Zhou, MD, of Orthopedic Associates of Hartford (Conn.) performed the first case using the Varisync ALIF NanoPrime system, according to a Nov. 15 news release. Zavation’s NanoPrime, which was launched ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . It can be complex and confusing to accurately code spine procedures. As a number of codes may be appropriate for ...

Zavation Medical Products, LLC ("Zavation"), a leading innovator in spinal device technology, announces the first successful ...

Pls help I had a L4/5 fusion last year Nov 2006, lately I've been having losts of pressure (pain) on my right side down the sciatica area and pressure on the buttock area what can be causing this? Ps: ...

In total, 116 patients with unilateral chronic lumbar radiculopathy were included. Their clinical and demographic characteristics are summarised in Table 1. Mean age was 42.0 (SD 10.3) years, 68 (58.6 ...

Objectives: To observe the prevalence of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration in elite athletes as compared with published literature of changes seen in non-athletes—that is, normal population.