A cervical foraminotomy is a procedure that decompresses a nerve in the neck. A spine surgeon removes bone or disc pieces that are pressing on the nerves that go from your neck to your arm. The ...

Surgery for spinal stenosis of the neck aims to relieve compression and improve symptoms. Spinal stenosis is a compression of nerves in the spine. The condition most commonly affects the lumbar spine, ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — UC San Diego Health made history last month during an anterior cervical spine surgery. The health system became the first in the world to perform the procedure using a fully ...

A laminoplasty is a type of surgery used to treat spinal cord compression in your neck. Spinal cord compression can cause symptoms such as pain and stiffness in your neck, numbness in your limbs, and ...

Complications were significantly associated with low height, high-dose prednisolone use, and progression of cervical spine lesions in early disease stages of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A small study ...

February 18, 2011 (San Diego, California) — An antiinfection strategy involving alcohol foam, a secondary drain, and vancomycin powder can significantly reduce the rate of infections in obese patients ...

Rheumatoid arthritis often involves your wrists, knees, and feet. But it can also affect your spine. Most of the time, this kind of back pain responds well to arthritis treatments such as biologics.

A laminoplasty is a surgical procedure that helps relieve pressure on the spinal cord and nerves. It involves opening a section of the lamina, a bony structure that sits on top of the spinal canal.