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Spinal stenosis means a narrowing of the spinal canal – a space within the spine which protects the spinal cord and nerve roots. Lumbar refers to segment of your spine that contains the five spinal ...

This content was created by our physicians and experts. Arthritis of the spine refers to inflammation in joints that make up the spine. Spinal arthritis conditions fall into two general categories, ...

Here we propose new characters referring to the position and number of pneumatic foramina present in cervical and dorsal vertebrae of pterosaurs. A cladistic analysis was performed after first-hand ...

Something wicked this way comes to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The Twisted Spine, a new horror-themed bookshop and cafe, has signed a five-year lease for 1,500 square feet at the base of Richard ...

A small team of researchers was exploring local creek beds and stumbled upon a giant vertebra so large it broke their expectations. They eventually identified it as the vertebra of a creature from ...

dundee.ac.uk Background Severe cervical spine injury in rugby union (rugby) exerts a major impact on the individual who sustains the injury and on the broader society. Since the late 1970s, authors of ...

You get vertebral wedging when the front of a vertebra collapses. People with osteoporosis typically have this fracture. From 1 to 1.5 million spinal compression fractures occur annually in the U.S.

New codes and introductory language that became effective January 1, 2015 to describe percutaneous treatment of vertebral fractures have raised questions from users, which this article attempts to ...

Abstract: To date, spinal problems are not rare, and relevant therapies are always required. Although the combination of photoacoustic imaging (PAI) and spinal fusion surgery, a widely applied ...

What is lumbar disk disease? The vertebral column, or backbone, is made up of 33 vertebrae that are separated by spongy disks. The spine is divided into 4 areas: Cervical spine. The first 7 vertebrae, ...