Question: What do you feel is an overlooked issue in modern spine surgery? Justin Field, MD. Spine Surgeon of Desert Institute for Spine Care (Phoenix): I still think that cervical artificial ... you ...

These symptoms could indicate a more serious medical condition, such as a pinched nerve, degenerative changes in your cervical spine, or a breakdown in the ... based physical therapist and professor ...

Curiteva’s Inspire 3D-printed cervical spine implant has been used in more than 5,000 levels, the devicemaker said April 15. The milestone comes two years after the debut of the implant in 2023, ...

Poorly aligned sleeping positions, too many hours at the computer—especially when your neck is held in a non-neutral position for several hours at a time—and a minor cervical spine injury are ...

The likelihood of lumbar spinal stenosis increases during the fifth decade of life and ranges from 1.7% to 8% in the general population.9 Surgical treatment focuses on a patient’s pathological anatomy ...

This article revisits the issue of posterior cervical spine instrumentation. Posterior cervical plates have become a powerful tool for spine surgeons, allowing unprecedented rigidity of the ...

Methods: All relevant research publications on dysphagia occurring after cervical spine surgery were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection database. Literature coupling, co-citation and co ...

Spinal cord injury results in multiple, simultaneous sensorimotor deficits. These include, but are not limited to, full or partial paralysis of muscles below the lesion, muscle spasms, spasticity, and ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MDThe lumbar spine includes the five vertebrae in your lower back numbered L1 to L5 ...