This is called a cervical myelopathy and surgery is recommended. Often, a procedure is performed to close the space that’s left when the disc is removed and restore the spine to its original length.

Neurological spine surgeon David Yam, MD, has joined the Spine Center at Prosser Memorial Health in Walla Walla, Wash. The ...

Or, you might have it taken out in a separate surgery. Spinal fusion. After a diskectomy or laminotomy, your surgeon may fuse together the two vertebrae on either side of the disk to make your ...

As spine surgery continues to evolve with technological advances and a push toward value-based care, more procedures are ...

According to the recent analysis of spinal diseases by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, 40% (470,000) of ...

Advancements in the field of spine and orthopedics are being made every day, and a number of game-changing procedures are ...

Newport Beach, Calif.-based TriasMD is opening a DISC Surgery Center in California.  The 12,000-square-foot facility will ...

Nobody wants to find themselves involved in a car accident, let alone injured by one. An unfortunate truth of the road, ...

Zhou is the first surgeon in northeast Ohio to use Arthrex endoscopic technology to treat the issue. Her first surgery was in ...

One day, everything is fine. The next day, you wake up to a radiating pain in your spine every time you cough, sneeze or ...