For much of modern spine surgery, fusion has been the dependable answer to a long list of structural problems: decompress the neural elements, stabilize the spine and accept the loss of motion as the ...

The study analysed genetic data from more than 1 million people with at least one of the 14 psychiatric disorders. It also looked at almost 5 million people without those diagnoses.

A study recently published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery shows that two-year outcomes of artificial disc replacement for two-level disc disease is an effective alternative to fusion, ...

The procedure replaces small joints in the back of the spine to preserve a patient's full range of motion. The prosthetic device is so new that long-term studies on its durability are not yet ...