Spinal fusion is a surgical procedure doctors can use to treat many different problems in your back or neck. The surgery joins two or more of your vertebrae together, which can: stabilize and align ...

Spinal fusion has long been “the gold standard” in spine surgery, but motion-preserving techniques have become more attractive to physicians and patients in recent years. Spine surgeons discuss how ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cervical degenerative disc disease occurs when the functional spinal unit breaks down. It can lead to disabling ...

Neurosurgery researchers have used a new, leading-edge stem cell therapy to promote the growth of bone tissue following the removal of cervical discs -- the cushions between the bones in the neck -- ...

First presentation of U.S. IDE clinical data shows statistically significant improvements in pain and function at 24 months ...

LAFAYETTE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Providence Medical Technology, Inc., an innovator in tissue-sparing cervical spine technology, today introduced its proprietary Cavux™ surface technology, designed ...

TA Criterion 1: The technology must have final approval from the appropriate government regulatory bodies. The Prestige® Cervical Disc (Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Memphis, TN) received FDA Premarket ...

Bone growth stimulators may help surgeons achieve higher fusion rates for challenging cervical and lumbar spine cases. In a multicenter, randomized, prospective Investigational Device Exemption study ...

July 2, 2008 — Life-threatening complications have been reported with off-label use of bone morphogenetic protein (rhBMP) in cervical spine fusion, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned ...

Military neck is an abnormal curve of the cervical spine that causes you to look like you’re “standing at attention.” The condition, called cervical kyphosis, doesn’t have anything to do with serving ...