The football great would ultimately undergo four neck surgeries in 19 months – all trying to fix the same problem and culminating with a single-level anterior cervical fusion in September 2011.

It’s used full-time in patients with curvatures that are higher in the thoracic or cervical sections of the spine. The Wilmington brace is a custom-fitted ... types of surgery is a possibility. Spinal ...

Cervical pain, medically known as cervicalgia, refers to pain in the neck or spine below the head. It can cause problems involving stiffness, reduced motion, muscle spasms, and numbness ...

Medical device company Life Spine has earned FDA clearance for its Gruve+ cervical plating system. The design integrates with Life Spine’s cervical spacers, according to a Feb. 18 press release.

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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 ...

Michael Markmiller was in excruciating pain for years. The 53-year-old couldn’t walk more than 100 meters without his legs going numb or stand up straight without sharp pains going down his legs.

More than 10,000 procedures using Centinel Spine's prodisc cervical total disc replacement system have been completed, the company said Feb. 11.

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She was stretchered off the court and had a neck brace on by the league’s medical team. “She just went to the hospital. She feels something. That’s why we’re not sure about serious injury ...

At the time, it was labeled a "stinger," but the injury kept him sidelined throughout the year, working with trainers and seen for much of the season with a neck brace on inside the facility.