More than 200,000 Medicare patients with back pain underwent $2 billion worth of unnecessary surgeries, including spinal fusion and/or laminectomy or vertebroplasty, over a recent 3-year period ...

The most commonly performed unnecessary spine surgeries include laminectomy ... over 200,000 unnecessary back surgeries on Medicare patients. One unnecessary spine surgery performed every 8 ...

Lumbar herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP) and lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) are common spine pathologies with different clinical presentations and interventions. HNP generally has an acute onset ...

There are two main approaches to surgery: the posterior approach, in which a portion of the posterior aspect of the spinal canal is removed in a procedure known as laminectomy, and the anterior ...

Spinal X-ray, chronic pain books and text messages with friends were uncovered in the probe of the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting.

We treat all diseases of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine, including: We take pride in carefully evaluating our patients and helping them determine whether surgery is their best option. We also ...

lumbar laminectomy, minimally invasive spine surgery, spinal motion preservation, and cervical and lumbar fusion procedures. His primary focus is spinal motion preservation operations, mainly ...

3-year results of the Discseel® Procedure were published in Pain Physician Journal and demonstrate high safety and efficacy in treating chronic low back pain and sciatica (radiculopathy.) ...