Spinal fusion has long been “the gold standard” in spine surgery, but motion-preserving techniques have become more attractive to physicians and patients in recent years. Spine surgeons discuss how ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For patients with degenerative spine disease, minimally invasive lumbar fusion was associated with increased ...

There is no consensus in spine surgery as to the need to fuse the lumbar spine following a laminectomy for spinal decompression. Various studies have proposed risk factors for delayed instability, ...

A new article provides the reader with a glimpse of how effective lumbar surgery in select patients can be when performed without general anesthesia, open surgery, or a long convalescence in the ...

In 2025 Becker’s has reported on three professional athletes who had spine surgery so far. 1. Denver Broncos safety P.J. Locke announced that he had spinal fusion after the team’s Jan. 12 playoff game ...

Orthofix Medical Inc. OFIX recently announced the publication of retrospective data that assessed the fusion rates in patients receiving three-and four-level lumbar arthrodesis surgery who were ...

No significant association was seen between type of index operation and need for revision surgery among patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (DLSS), according to a cohort study. Among 328 ...

One of the more common surgical interventions for people with a certain severity of low back pain is called an intervertebral (spinal) fusion. According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons: ...

The AxioMed disc replacement implant was found to effectively reproduce key stiffness characteristics and natural-like motion behaviors of the lumbar spine, according to a Nov. 18 news release from ...

Surviving a car crash can feel like a miracle, but the process of putting together the pieces of one’s life does not end after the last stitch has been removed. Sunrise resident Scottie Briscoe, 52, ...