Researchers found significantly higher postoperative volumetric paraspinal muscle atrophy with lumbar spine fusion, posterior procedures and non-minimally invasive fusion compared with decompression ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Lumbar facet arthroplasty was associated with superior outcomes vs. spinal fusion for stenosis and ...

LOS ANGELES — New data offers fresh insight into whether to add fusion to decompression treatment for grade 1 degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis. Five years after surgical treatment, several ...

Cardiovascular Disease Excess complications result in more hospitalizations, greater costs and higher mortality. HealthDay News — Cardiac complications are more frequent among patients undergoing ...

Patients whose lumbar spinal stenosis was treated with decompression surgery plus fusion ended up no less disabled than those who had decompression alone, but they did lose more blood, stay ...

The overall incidence of cardiac complications during lumbar spine surgery was found to be 6.7 complications per 1,000 surgical procedures, according to study published in Spine. Researcher examined ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wenzel Spine, Inc., a medical technology company focused on providing minimally invasive solutions for the treatment of spinal disorders, today announced a 24 ...

No significant association was seen between type of index operation and need for revision surgery among patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (DLSS), according to a cohort study. Among 328 ...

In most orthopedic departments, there’s a big chance spinal fusions are one of the most common procedures, and also one of the most costly and lucrative. The surgery can be great for people who suffer ...

A study in the International Journal of Spine Surgery researched the effectiveness of outpatient transforaminal decompression as an alternative to inpatient revision decompression procedures. The ...