A lumbar puncture is a test to check the fluid that circulates around the brain and spinal cord. This is called the cerebrospinal fluid or CSF. A lumbar puncture can check for cancer cells or for ...

Pseudoarthrosis occurs when bones don’t heal after a fracture or bone surgery. When pseudoarthrosis affects the cervical or lumbar spine, it means that two vertebrae did not grow together after ...

The likelihood of lumbar spinal stenosis increases during the fifth decade of life and ranges from 1.7% to 8% in the general population.9 Surgical treatment focuses on a patient’s pathological anatomy ...