For patients with spinal stenosis, operative treatment is associated with a lower risk of death and lower costs over two years, compared with nonoperative treatment, suggests a study in the February ...

Surgery for spinal stenosis of the neck aims to relieve compression and improve symptoms. Spinal stenosis is a compression of nerves in the spine. The condition most commonly affects the lumbar spine, ...

No drainage tube or blood collection bottle was used, and the surgical wound healed completely within five days. Recently, another patient underwent a similar decompression surgery at a hospital in ...

Neck pain isn't always the only sign of a cervical spine condition. Learn the symptoms to watch for and when neck surgery may ...

NEITHER GLASSES. NORMALLY A BUSY WOMAN WHO LIKES TO TRAVEL. BUT SHE SAYS HER SPINAL STENOSIS DIAGNOSIS TWO YEARS AGO CHANGED EVERYTHING. IT WAS DEBILITATING. I COULDN’T EVEN WALK. I WAS IN A ...

Spinal decompression is a non-invasive, drug-free treatment that gently stretches the spine to relieve pressure on compressed discs, offering chronic pain sufferers relief without surgery or lengthy ...

Averting the need for traditional open spine surgery, expert orthopaedic surgeons at SIMS Hospital successfully performed an ...

What would it be like to live pain free? That question crossed Dan Owens' mind numerous times as he lay in bed for nearly a year. Dan suffered excruciating back pain, barely managing to make his way ...

Surgical treatments for spinal stenosis include laminectomy, discectomy, and spinal fusion. A doctor may recommend surgery for spinal stenosis in severe cases or if nonsurgical methods do not help ...