Prehabilitation can help the elderly recover better and suffer fewer complications from spinal fusion surgery, a new study says.

Routinely collected data on patients undergoing spinal fusion surgery do not provide a valid basis for assessing and comparing hospital performance on patient safety outcomes, reports a study in Spine ...

Nerve cells in the spinal cord activate involuntary, autonomic reflexes often referred to as “fight or flight” responses in response to stressful or dangerous stimuli. These protective responses cause ...

Use of spinal cord stimulation (SCM) is not associated with reduction in opioid use or nonpharmacologic pain intervention at 2 years, compared to conventional medical management (CMM), and is ...

There are fears that thousands of people in the UK may potentially face complex surgery to remove a spinal implant that has ...

Complications in spine surgery can arise in the intraoperative or the immediate postoperative period or in a delayed manner. These complications may lead to severe or even permanent morbidity if left ...

To characterize the complication profile associated with modest systemic hypothermia after acute cervical SCI in a prospective multi-center study. In this study, we describe the adverse events ...

SCOLIOSIS is characterised by an abnormal curvature of the spine and has an incidence rate of about two to three per cent in ...

While there is limited literature examining the potential connection, a team of orthopedic specialists sought further answers. They ultimately found that patients with a history of cannabis use are ...

Failure to Recognize Complications After Spinal Surgery Yields $3M Settlement "I think bladder incontinence, when it's permanent, is a very significant injury. ... All the problems that come with that ...

A 35-year-old woman, mother of one, had persistent lower back pain for a very long time. However, in the second pregnancy the ...