Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Richard Menger is a neurosurgeon and a political scientist. A post-operative x-ray showing a spinal deformity correction for ...

Presentation explored motion-restoring alternatives for select patients with persistent pain or pseudoarthrosis ...

Surgery for spinal stenosis of the neck aims to relieve compression and improve symptoms. Spinal stenosis is a compression of nerves in the spine. The condition most commonly affects the lumbar spine, ...

Globally, more than 600 million adults experience some form of back pain, making it the leading cause of disability, according to the World Health Organisation. NHS figures show 80 per cent of people ...

Tampa, Fla.-based Shriners Children’s is developing an AI tool designed to predict potentially dangerous changes in spinal cord signals before surgery.  The model is being trained using thousands of ...

Informed consent has become more important than ever for spine surgeons and their patients, and the conversations are going beyond the immediate post-surgical outcomes. Two spine surgeons discuss how ...

Hamid Abbasi pioneered a surgery 12 years ago that he knew to be “the future of spinal fusions.” Following completion of medical school and a doctorate in Germany, research at Stanford University, ...

Shriners Children’s has teamed up with Georgia Tech to research and develop a new artificial intelligence tool to assist ...