When a piece of hardware – like a screw – needs to be inserted into a patient’s spine, it’s important that it is placed in ...

Alphatec Holdings commercially launched its Prone TransPsoas (PTP) corpectomy system, expanding the type of spine surgeries ...

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 ...

People with lumbar spinal stenosis will commonly experience pain when the lumbar spine is extended (bent backward) and relief when the lumbar spine is flexed (curved forward). This is because ...

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 ...

Conclusion: DSA is critical for diagnosing lumbar arterial bleeding, and arterial embolization is an effective approach to hemostasis. Moreover, a comprehensive understanding of the lumbar ...

Doctors can use MRI to examine a person’s lower spine, lumbar region, and surrounding tissues. MRI of the spine can show spinal alignment, lumbar disk herniation, inflammation, and more.

To locate the puncture space, the 13th rib was palpated to identify the last thoracic vertebra and the L1 and L2 spinous processes. Additionally, the lumbosacral space was palpated to identify the ...