Spinal fusion is a surgical procedure doctors can use to treat many different problems in your back or neck. The surgery joins two or more of your vertebrae together, which can: stabilize and align ...

Several types of back surgery can help reduce back pain. Common procedures include spinal fusion, discectomy, and disk replacement. Recovery times may depend on the extent of the procedure. Share on ...

A common cause for missed days at work or a trip to the emergency room is the intense back and leg pain that comes from a pinched nerve in the lower back. How does this happen? What are the treatment ...

More than 312,000 lumbar spine procedures have been added to the American Spine Registry from 2015 to 2024, and posterior lumbar interbody fusions/ transforaminal lumbar interbody fusions were the ...

Decades ago, back operations involved long surgeries, lengthy recoveries and extended hospital stays. Open spine surgeries often comprised of large incisions, leading to post-operative pain and long ...

Many structural and pain problems associated with spinal disorders can be corrected with minimally invasive techniques. There are several advantages of using these procedures over traditional ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- There is good news about back surgery for a change. If you need surgery for your back pain, there are now minimally invasive techniques that can get you back on your feet in no ...

Rheumatoid arthritis often involves your wrists, knees, and feet. But it can also affect your spine. Most of the time, this kind of back pain responds well to arthritis treatments such as biologics.

A study of Medicare patients shows that costlier, more complex spinal fusion surgeries are on the rise — and sometimes done unnecessarily — for a common lower back condition caused by aging and ...

Whether to have back surgery can be a controversial decision but a new procedure to reverse it may be even more controversial. Bobbie Jo Ramirez says she would never have attempted to jump or catch a ...

UNDATED HealthFirst reporter Leslie Toldo tells us about a new alternative to spinal fusion for people who suffer back pain. Surgeons turned to an unlikely place for inspiration and developed a ...

In the wake of Tiger Woods’s arrest on Memorial Day for driving under the influence, much attention has been paid to his drug use. The incident — wherein he was found asleep at the steering wheel ...