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 ...

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) may be the most familiar play in the cervical spine playbook, but pseudarthrosis remains its most stubborn plot twist. Despite solid implants, pristine ...

Medical City Weatherford (Texas) added a spine surgery program for the first time in more than a decade, according to a Dec. 12 news release. The hospital’s new program includes posterior lumbar ...

Medical City Weatherford (Texas) added a spine surgery program for the first time in more than a decade, according to a Dec. 12 news release. The hospital’s new program includes posterior lumbar ...

A 19-year-old man presented with left upper extremity pain and weakness experienced for more than 1 year.He reported this ...

For years, CDA (cervical disc arthroplasty) evangelists have preached the gospel of motion preservation. Meanwhile, ACDF (anterior cervical discectomy and fusion) traditionalists sit back, arms ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — UC San Diego Health made history last month during an anterior cervical spine surgery. The health system became the first in the world to perform the procedure using a fully ...

Joseph Osorio, MD, PhD, neurosurgeon at UC San Diego Health, holds the world’s first fully personalized anterior cervical spine implant, created using advanced imaging, AI-assisted planning, and 3D ...

UC San Diego Health is the first health system in the world to perform an anterior cervical spine surgery using a fully personalized implant designed for a patient's unique anatomy. The first surgery, ...

Despite being a circumferential procedure, CCF demonstrated statistically fewer procedure-related complications than ACDF alone (p=0.005), with only 10cc of added blood loss and 98 minutes of ...

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 ...