Complications such as hospital or emergency room readmission and infections are lower for patients undergoing outpatient transforaminal endoscopic decompression surgery for lumbar foraminal and ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Richard Menger is a neurosurgeon and a political scientist. A post-operative x-ray showing a spinal deformity correction for ...

When Maranda Nyborg started feeling under the weather, she didn't think anything of it. It was October, and she usually caught something as the seasons changed. Nyborg, a Division I student athlete at ...

Robot-assisted spine surgery has grown in adoption, and new updates to their technology continue to roll out. However the technologies come with costs when adverse events and other complications occur ...

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (KOKI) - A 6-year-old Oklahoma boy suffered a rare surgery complication and needs to travel out of state for specialized care. He’s now selling lemonade to help with the costs.

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 ...