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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Spinal fusion showed more cephalad lowest instrumented vertebrae selections vs. magnetically controlled growing ...

Akron, Ohio-based Intellirod Spine, a sensor-enabled spine implant company, has raised more than $1 million in a round led by new and existing investors, including Queen City Angel First Fund V and ...

Biomedical engineers are refining the bone screws and other mechanical devices used in spinal fusion. Back pain will afflict 80% of the U.S. population at some time in their lives. And lower-back pain ...

Of all the back surgeries, a spinal fusion is probably the most dreaded, but that could change thanks to a breakthrough procedure pioneered right here in Southwest Florida. A local surgeon is ...

3.4x lower rate of screw loosening (2.7% vs. 9.2%) 38% lower disability scores over the control group one year after surgery (ODI) 58% reduction in implant-related revision surgeries Prof. David ...

A new approach that could revolutionize spinal fusion surgery does away with the need to "flip" patients from their back or side onto their stomach midway through the operation -- a switch researchers ...

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.

Fourteen-year-old Colorado Springs hockey player Reagan Gasmire is back on the ice less than a year after undergoing major ...

The microscopic structure of bone appears to predict which patients will experience poor outcomes after spinal fusion, according to a new study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) and failure (PJF) remain the bane of spinal deformity surgeons' existence. While many methods (i.e. tether, ...