Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Lumbar facet arthroplasty was associated with superior outcomes vs. spinal fusion for stenosis and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of decompression with fusion increased, while use of decompression alone decreased from 2016 to 2019.

LOS ANGELES — New data offers fresh insight into whether to add fusion to decompression treatment for grade 1 degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis. Five years after surgical treatment, several ...

Cardiovascular Disease Excess complications result in more hospitalizations, greater costs and higher mortality. HealthDay News — Cardiac complications are more frequent among patients undergoing ...

In patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis, it is uncertain whether decompression surgery alone is noninferior to decompression with instrumented fusion. We conducted ...

Researchers are learning more about the advantages of adding fusion to decompression surgery for patients with grade 1 lumbar spondylolisthesis. In a study with more than 600 participants, researchers ...

No significant association was seen between type of index operation and need for revision surgery among patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (DLSS), according to a cohort study. Among 328 ...

Decades ago, back operations involved long surgeries, lengthy recoveries and extended hospital stays. Open spine surgeries often comprised of large incisions, leading to post-operative pain and long ...

Patients with lower back problems often worry about how much time they'll need to recover if they have surgery. A new study finds similar results for two common minimally invasive spine procedures.

Introduction: The unilateral biportal endoscopic (UBE) technique has been widely adopted for treatment of lumbar disc herniation and lumbar spinal stenosis. Understanding its learning curve, as well ...