Common types of spine surgery include laminectomy, vertebroplasty, and spinal fusion. Certain procedures are better suited for certain types of damage. There are many types of spine surgery, but most ...

1. MILD is less invasive than traditional back surgery. Spinal stenosis is traditionally treated with conservative measures — such as epidural steroid injections, medication and physical therapy — or ...

Carmel, N.Y.-based Somers Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine Group is expanding access to cervical and lumbar disc replacement procedures across the Hudson Valley and western Connecticut.  Dean ...

A neurosurgeon says there is a new procedure that has been shown to reduce back pain for patients suffering from spinal stenosis and is considered an alternative to spinal fusion surgery. TOPS, which ...

If you live with constant lower back pain, surgery can start to look like the only way out. Yet new research from the University of South Australia published in the Australian Health Review shows that ...