Patients treated for lumbar spinal stenosis with the mild decompression procedure reported sustained improvements in pain and mobility after one year and experienced no serious adverse events, ...

Examples of primary procedures include but are not limited to arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs, arthroscopic debridements (the debridement would be performed on an area separate/distinct and ...

The intriguing findings provided by Bakris et al. in this pilot study arise a number of questions that hopefully will be matter of future investigations. First, how are satisfactorily documented in ...

Desperate to relieve their suffering, people with chronic back pain who comb the internet looking for help sometimes stumble upon a device called the DRX9000. It’s a mechanical table attached to Space ...

Surgical and perioperative management approaches for orbital decompression used to treat thyroid-associated orbitopathy—also known as thyroid eye disease or Graves’ ophthalmopathy—vary widely by ...

Researchers are learning more about the advantages of adding fusion to decompression surgery for patients with grade 1 lumbar spondylolisthesis. In a study with more than 600 participants, researchers ...

Tim Jones receives funding from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Department of Health and Social Care, UK. The views expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and not ...

If nonsurgical treatments do not relieve a person’s thoracic outlet syndrome symptoms, a doctor may suggest surgery to relieve compression in the thoracic outlet. Surgery may include a first rib ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients in the pre-collapse stages of post-traumatic osteonecrosis of the femoral head may receive safe and ...

Patients who undergo surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome and other upper extremity nerve compression syndromes are more likely to have a diagnosis of migraine headaches, reports a study in the December ...

Spine surgery is a broad field encompassing various procedures that help address different spinal conditions. There are various types of spine surgery, including artificial disk replacement and spinal ...