Most people who have it say they wouldn't wish it on their worst enemies. It's chronic pain and best estimates say a hundred million Americans suffer from it every day all day. Many turn to surgery ...

Graduate student Shwetha Ramachandra and Associate Professor Bret Ulery. Ramachandra, who has went through spinal fusion surgery, provides a unique perspective to the research. A University of ...

A neurosurgeon at Northwell’s Staten Island University Hospital has performed Staten Island’s first Total Posterior Spine System procedure, according to a recent announcement. The procedure is an ...

A study recently published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery shows that two-year outcomes of artificial disc replacement for two-level disc disease is an effective alternative to fusion, ...

Over 1.2 million spinal surgeries are performed in the United States each year, with the reasons to perform the surgery ranging from nerve pressure relief and spinal stabilization to correcting ...

Spine surgery is evolving rapidly as minimally invasive procedures, motion-preserving implants and outpatient spine techniques continue transforming how complex spinal conditions are treated. Across ...