Cervical artificial disc replacement (ADR) has transformed the way healthcare professionals treat degenerative disc disease and other spinal conditions. Unlike traditional spinal fusion, ADR preserves ...

There are numerous factors that affect the cost of a cervical disc replacement, and researchers used a machine learning model to analyze key variables for a stu ...

The analysis included 3,772 cervical disc replacement cases ... be instrumental in guiding economic decision-making in spine surgery. Future efforts should aim to incorporate these models into ...

Scott Blumenthal, MD, will mark 25 years since he performed the first lumbar total disc replacement in the U.S.

in which the intervertebral disc is removed and the remaining vertebral bones are fused to create more space in the spinal canal. This procedure is known as an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion ...

Degenerative disk disease is a progressive condition in which spinal disks deteriorate. Surgery is an option, but less invasive treatments and therapies may also help. Degenerative disk disease is ...

The Minnesota Department of Health has found that about 83,000 Minnesotans a year received chronic pain procedures during a three-year period. MDH was able to conduct this analysis for the ...

In a healthcare industry that has become inundated with physicians who overprescribe pain medication and are all too eager to ...

presents capabilities of surgical technique for extraction of a foreign body from the spinal canal and intervertebral disc. Treatment of traumatic spinal injuries logically originates from ...

Perioperative posterior cervical muscle plane block decreased numerical pain rating scores vs anesthesia alone in posterior cervical spine surgery.

The trend towards ambulatory surgery for procedures previously limited ... [12,13,14,15,16] Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with plating (ACDF+P) is one of the most common spinal and ...