Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Richard Menger is a neurosurgeon and a political scientist. A post-operative x-ray showing a spinal deformity correction for ...

A University of Michigan study found patients receiving anticoagulants during degenerative lumbar spine surgery had higher overall and neurological complication rates compared to those without such ...

Laminectomy and discectomy are two of the most common surgeries for spinal conditions, each with distinct purposes and recovery paths. A recent University of Michigan study found that anticoagulants ...

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists have been shown to decrease complication rates in spine patients, and for ACDF patients they may provide some benefit after surgery, according to a study in ...

When Maranda Nyborg started feeling under the weather, she didn't think anything of it. It was October, and she usually caught something as the seasons changed. Nyborg, a Division I student athlete at ...

A cervical foraminotomy is a procedure that decompresses a nerve in the neck. A spine surgeon removes bone or disc pieces that are pressing on the nerves that go from your neck to your arm. The ...

A simple model consisting of four risk factors can help surgeons to predict the risk of complications after surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM)—a common condition causing compression of ...

The number of times this week I have heard people talk excitedly about their upcoming back surgery has left me genuinely disheartened. Not because surgery never has a place - but because it highlights ...