Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In this video from the Open Operating Theatre, Klaus John Schnake, MD, discusses how to perform an open, ...

Lumbar decompression surgery aims to release compressed nerves in the lower back. This procedure may ease pain and improve mobility in those with spinal conditions. Conditions such as herniated disks, ...

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 ...

While Medicare doesn’t usually cover nonsurgical spinal decompression due to a lack of sufficient evidence, it may cover a specific surgical procedure called percutaneous image-guided lumbar ...

Spinal decompression therapy helps relieve pressure along the spine and soothe related pain and discomfort. The phrase “spinal decompression” refers broadly to a set of nonsurgical and surgical ...

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 ...

A 62 year-old man complained of pain in the back, buttocks and thighs after walking two blocks. The pain was relieved with sitting, but not standing. Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: T2-weighted MRI of the ...

Spinal decompression therapy helps relieve back pain by reducing spinal pressure and addressing disk issues, pinched nerves, sciatica, and spinal stenosis. It can be nonsurgical or surgical. In most ...