If you have been told you need fusion surgery to alleviate your back and neck pain, consider seeing a spine surgeon who specializes in Artificial Disc Replacement—a potentially life-changing ...

Within a day, Landeros was up walking the hallways of the hospital with in a neck brace ... he is looking at surgery to fuse his C3 and C4 vertebrae. He has a spot on his spinal cord that is ...

You have neck pain with arm pain or back pain with leg pain ... They can’t be out of their jobs for a year recovering from fusion surgery. In comparison, return to full activities after ...

An important and limiting complication of cervical spine fusion surgery is the development of DDD in adjacent discs. [5–7] Artificial intervertebral disc arthroplasty has been proposed as an ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted two 510 (k) clearances for implants which restore the integrity of the spine in tumor and infection cases.

in which the intervertebral disc is removed and the remaining vertebral bones are fused to create more space in the spinal canal. This procedure is known as an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion ...

Surgeon opinion for decompression with fusion vs. decompression alone ... with degenerative spondylolisthesis and spinal stenosis who underwent surgery with 2-year follow-up.

We treat all diseases of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine, including: We take pride in carefully evaluating our patients and helping them determine whether surgery is their best option. We also ...

Obesity was found to be an independent risk factor for postoperative pulmonary embolism in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion patients, according to a stud ...