Medtronic has announced that an independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) reviewed the initial interim analysis and ...

Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic lumbar discectomy for sciatica in adults. This involves removing part of the damaged spinal disc to relieve the symptoms of ...

Neurosurgeon Michael Fromke, MD, led Miami-based HCA Florida Kendall Hospital’s first robot-assisted transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. The surgery was done at the L4 to L5 level with the ...

The current recommended approach in lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections (TF-ESI) is based on the concept of "the safe triangle," an anatomical target area that is supposed to avoid ...

SAN DIEGO — Older adults who undergo minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion have comparable pain, disability and quality of life outcomes with younger adults, according to a ...

TLIF is a complex surgical procedure aiming to reduce or eliminate pain in the lumbar spine because of degenerative disc disease (DDD) by removing a damaged disc and then uniting (fusing) the ...

SpineThera's research reveals that approximately 3.5 million lumbar TF-ESIs are performed annually in the United States. Therefore, achieving 70% market penetration signifies an outstanding market ...

The Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee has considered this procedure and NICE has now issued a consultation document about its safety and efficacy. This has been issued for four weeks’ ...