From clinical outcomes to costs, here are the key discoveries in spine surgery this year: 1. A study from Plano-based Texas Back Institute found positive clinical results for patients having hybrid ...

Background: Spinal surgery is increasingly being done in the outpatient setting. We reviewed our experience with inpatient and outpatient single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with ...

Anterior cervical discectomy, often performed with fusion, is a well‐established surgical intervention for degenerative cervical spine disorders. While the procedure has proven benefits in alleviating ...

CHICAGO — Results presented here showed a significantly greater overall clinical success rate with cervical disc replacement in patients with cervical disc disease compared with anterior cervical ...

The first anterior cervical interbody techniques were introduced by Cloward, and Robinson and Smith in the 1950s. Cloward's procedure involved insertion of a dowel graft following decompression.

Providence Medical Technology has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its CORUS Posterior Cervical Stabilization System (PCSS), designed to treat up to three-level ...

Symptomatic cervical disc prolapse occurs when one or more of the spinal discs in the neck bursts and pushes against the spinal cord or nerve roots that run through the backbone. It can cause pain in ...

NuVasive, Inc. NUVA recently announced the receipt of FDA approval for its Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc (“Simplify Disc”) for two-level cervical total disc replacement (“cTDR”). With this, ...