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, ...

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

Elective neurosurgery has quietly crossed a threshold: advances in minimally invasive techniques, anesthesia, and perioperative care have made a set of historically “inpatient” spine and neurovascular ...

Patients undergoing surgery for spinal stenosis can expect better results if their stenosis is at a lower lumbar level or if they had no previous surgery in that area, according to data from a ...

What is lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) and who does it affect? Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a degenerative, age-related narrowing of the lower spinal canal that causes pressure on the nerves, leading ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD Key Takeaways The lumbar spine includes five vertebrae that help with mobility ...

DALLAS, TX / ACCESSWIRE / August 1, 2017 / Speaker, educator, and health coach Dr. Karl Jawhari, D.C. is dedicated to spreading his extensive knowledge of lumbar decompression therapy and how it is an ...

1 Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands 2 Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center Haaglanden, The Hague, Netherlands 3 Department of Medical Statistics ...

A common cause for missed days at work or a trip to the emergency room is the intense back and leg pain that comes from a pinched nerve in the lower back. How does this happen? What are the treatment ...

Neurosurgery is following a familiar path: just as orthopedics and cardiology moved key procedures to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), spine and neurovascular surgeons now have the technology and ...