A rare and successful lumbar disc replacement surgery was performed on a 28-year-old Nigerian patient in Gurgaon, providing hope for those suffering from chronic lower back pain and degenerative disc ...
1. Stanley Hoang, MD, performed LSU Health Shreveport's (La.) first awake spine surgery in March. He performed a minimally invasive discectomy with local anesthesia, and the patient was able to go ...
The first time I consulted a surgeon about having a spinal fusion, I was about 12. I was told that because of my lung capacity, I had a 50-50 chance of survival if he performed the surgery. If he didn ...
Smoking has long been associated with various health risks, such as lung disease, but its detrimental effects on the spine are lesser known. Degenerative spine diseases (DSDs), particularly those ...
Dr. Alex Hughes is a spinal surgeon at HSS and Associate Professor in Orthopedic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical School. Dr. Hughes has a background in biomedical engineering and approaches each ...
Aurora Spine launched its Hydra Osteo Onyx lumbar fusion system, the devicemaker said Oct ... Daniel Barba, MD, was the first surgeon to use the Hydra Osteo Onyx minimally invasive spine surgery ...
A herniated lumbar disc can push on spinal nerves and cause severe, shooting leg pain, numbness and/or weakness. A percutaneous disc removal (PDR) can remove a portion of the herniated disc that is ...