Grade I degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis can be treated either with laminectomy and fusion or laminectomy alone, according to researchers, but they found in a recent study laminectomy with fusion ...

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Patients whose lumbar spinal stenosis was treated with decompression surgery plus fusion ended up no less disabled than those who had decompression alone, but they did lose more blood, stay ...

In this procedure, the physician removes the spinous process. If the stenosis is central, the lamina may be removed out to the articular facets using a burr. If the compression is in the lateral ...

Spinal fusion has long been “the gold standard” in spine surgery, but motion-preserving techniques have become more attractive to physicians and patients in recent years. Spine surgeons discuss how ...

Research published in Neurosurgery found outpatient spine procedures are just as safe or safer than procedures performed in an inpatient setting. Researchers examined data from 39 published studies on ...

Rates of spinal fusion have increased by more than 250 percent in the last 15 years. However, is the surgery cost-effective? New research suggests that for patients with spinal stenosis with ...

This is a very common question physical therapists are asked after a patient has started their post-operative rehab for back surgery. As with most things in medicine, the answer is: it depends.

Back pain can cause discomfort and also disrupt your everyday routine. When conservative treatments like physiotherapy or medication no longer help, doctors may recommend spinal fusion. This surgical ...

About 20% of people who have spinal surgery may feel pain, known as post-laminectomy syndrome (PLS), afterward. In addition to pain, PLS may cause tingling, weakness, numbness, or stiffness in the ...