Columnist Sherry Toh, who has severe kyphoscoliosis, weighs the intense pros and cons of spinal fusion surgery — not an easy ...

A lumbar puncture is used to take a sample of the cerebrospinal fluid from the lower back. This fluid flows around the spinal cord and the brain, and clears waste products. Levels of certain proteins ...

The lawsuit states the girl, who was 12 years old at the time of the procedure, was scheduled for a T4-L4 posterior spinal fusion procedure to correct her neuromuscular scoliosis in May 2021.

He had sought multiple opinions abroad and in India, most suggesting L5-S1 fusion. The L5- S1 refers to specific vertebrae in ...

Tenon Medical President and CEO Steve M. Foster told OTW, “Tenon Medical launched the Catamaran SI Joint Fusion System in ...

A paralysed man with a severed spinal cord has been able to walk again, thanks to an implant developed by a team of Swiss researchers. It is the first time someone who has had a complete cut to ...

Sep. 16, 2024 — Researchers have developed a gel inspired by cow slime for patients suffering from disc herniation. By adding the mucin gel immediately after surgery, it is possible to create a ...

While we wouldn’t want to document a computer motherboard with ASCII schematics, it’s great for a quick-and-dirty circuit diagrams. Not exactly schematics, but [Duckman] has some Arduino ...

The Catamaran Mainsail study is ongoing across six clinical sites in the U.S. The implant is designed to transfix the SI joint along its longitudinal axis and provides immediate fixation and ...

Since the SpinalStim is designed to produce an electromagnetic field around the spine, it’s not hard to guess that the foam-covered “back brace” contains some kind of coil. But being a high ...

What are the effects of fusion on the environment? Fusion is among the most environmentally friendly sources of energy. There are no CO 2 or other harmful atmospheric emissions from the fusion process ...

SpineGuard earned the FDA's clearance to release the PsiFGuard, a smart drilling device for sacroiliac joint fusion, the company said Sept. 30.