If you or a loved one are experiencing issues like spinal stenosis or an impacted disk, you may be considering spinal surgery. This may seem like a complicated operation with a very long recovery time ...

Endoscopic spine surgery when clinically appropriate may help minimize costs of time away from a job or valued activity ...

Advanced endoscopic techniques are changing the way some spine procedures are performed. Explore how minimally invasive approaches may affect surgical access, recovery, hospital stays and the patient ...

A gentle, spine-friendly core routine can support recovery after a spinal surgery.

Spine surgery has spent years getting smaller. David J. Park, MD, is interested in what happens when there is eventually less surgery to perform at all. Dr. Park, a clinical assistant professor of ...

Spinal scoliosis is a degenerative spinal disease that can cause extreme pain or weakness in the legs while walking. In some extreme cases it can even lead to a curvature in the spine that causes ...

For much of the past two decades, the trajectory of minimally invasive spine surgery was easy to understand: Take operations once performed through large exposures and find a way to do them through ...

Surgery might be considered for those with severe ankylosing spondylitis (AS) to alleviate pain, improve mobility, or enhance overall quality of life. Surgical options for AS include laminectomy, ...

X-ray image of adult patient spine showing scoliosis surgery. Scoliosis surgeries are effective but expensive. A groundbreaking scoliosis study, recently published in the Journal of the American ...