Michael Markmiller was in excruciating pain for years. The 53-year-old couldn’t walk more than 100 meters without his legs ...

Andrew Chung, MD, performed the first biportal endoscopic spinal fusion with Medtronic's Mazor robot, according to a Feb. 17 news release.

There are two main approaches to surgery: the posterior approach ... bones are fused to create more space in the spinal canal. This procedure is known as an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion ...