Alphatec Holdings commercially launched its Prone TransPsoas (PTP) corpectomy system, expanding the type of spine surgeries ...

In a preclinical study led by McGill University researchers, two drugs targeting "zombie cells" have been shown to treat the ...

In a preclinical study, two drugs targeting 'zombie cells' have been shown to treat the underlying cause of chronic low back pain. The condition affects millions of people worldwide. Current ...

Lawson, 74, said she's on the hunt for a job so she can afford necessary back surgery.

Spine surgeon Peter Miller, MD, PhD, has performed minimally invasive surgery for years, and in recent years, he’s adopted an approach to support patients beyond the operating room. Dr. Miller, of ...

A potential overreliance on new technology, the lack of standardization and long-term data and underappreciation of global spinal alignment are three of the most overlooked issues in spine care and ...

A cat whose "back end had almost been cut off" by a train managed to survive after dragging himself back to his owners. Rescue cat Hector, aged two, had to have his leg and tail amputated after ...

Spinal anesthesia is widely used to numb patients during surgery, but its effects sometimes wear off too soon.

Wayne Wolff can no longer climb stairs, water ski, play golf or hunt after his allegedly botched knee surgery. And he had to ...

Research supports the effectiveness of a kinesiology-based method to treat lower back pain, say study authors working in ...

In February – about four months after surgery – he was back to running. Having not run in months his lungs “weren’t all good” but he otherwise felt fine. Once that picked up, he was able ...