Learn about specific types of spinal surgery, including spinal fusion, disc replacement, and interspinous process spacers. Discover what conditions these surgeries treat, how they are performed, an...
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier underwent spinal stabilization surgery Wednesday night to address his spinal injury suffered this week, the team announced Thursday.
The most common cause of spinal cord injury is trauma. Spinal cord injury is most common in young, white men. Spinal cord injury can be either complete or incomplete. In complete injuries, there is no function below the level of injury. In incomplete injuries, there is some function remaining below the level of injury. Early immobilization and treatment are the most important factors in achieving recovery from spinal cord injury. Aggressive rehabilitation and assistive devices allow even people with severe spinal cord injuries to interact in so ...
Case Report: Spinal Stabilization Surgery Using a Novel Custom-Made Titanium Fixation System for the Spinal Instability Caused by Vertebral Malformation in a Dog Shintaro Kimura 1,2 Kohei...
This case illustrates 99mTc MDP bone SPECT/CT imaging in the evaluation of pain following thoracolumbar spinal fusion surgery.
In the past two decades, minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) techniques have been developed for spinal surgery. Historically, minimizing invasiveness in decompression surgery was initially repo...
Practice Essentials ; Improved understanding of spinal biomechanics, proliferation of sophisticated spinal instrumentation devices, advances in bone fusion techniques, refinement of anterior approaches to the spine, and development of microsurgical and minimally invasive methods have made it possible to stabilize every segment of the spine successfully, regardless of the offending pathology. Accordingly, use of spinal fusion and instrumentation has increased. The question facing the modern spine...
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Request PDF | Postoperative satisfaction following lumbar spinal fusion surgery: patient expectation versus actuality | OBJECTIVE Due to the reported benefits associated with minimally invasive spi...
There have been significant advances in spinal surgery throughout the years, with corpectomy techniques being especially important for their ability to treat complicated spinal disorders. Corpectom...