Spinal stenosis surgery helps to reopen your spinal canal, the channel in your backbone that houses your spinal cord and other nerves. A doctor does the surgery when the space in the canal narrows ...

Orthofix is discontinuing its M6-C and M6-L total disc replacement devices as part of its strategic focus on spinal and deformity correction, the company said Feb. 25. Global sales for the cervical ...

The stratum corneum is the outermost layer of the epidermis. Sometimes referred to as the horny layer of the skin, the stratum corneum is composed mainly of lipids (fats) and keratin, the protein ...

today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has granted Fast Track designation to the BRTX-100 program for the treatment chronic lumbar disc disease (“cLDD”).

They’re most common in middle-aged adults and are often caused when too much pressure is applied to an otherwise healthy spine. If a disc herniates in the neck or upper spine, it can cause pain ...

Extension-focused therapeutic exercises may reduce stress on anterior IVDs, potentially lowering the risk of low back pain or disc herniation, while careful management of rotational exercises can help ...

The most common lower back herniations occur in the lumbar region, five vertebrae near the base of the spine. (Healthcare providers classify them top to bottom ... Dulebohn SC, Ngnitewe Massa R, ...

The annotations included the Pfirrmann grading of disc degeneration, disc herniation, and high-intensity zones (HIZ ... Patients aged >18 years undergoing lumbar spine MRI at an outpatient or ...