Articles on the spine: back and neck pain, disc problems, sciatica and when surgery is considered. Loss of bladder or bowel control, or sudden leg weakness, is an emergency.
Most spinal compression fractures are treated without surgery: short-term pain control, gradual return to movement, sometimes a brace, and treatment of the underlying osteoporosis.…
Herniated disc surgery for athletes, most often a microdiscectomy, removes the fragment of disc pressing on a nerve root. Walking usually starts within a…
A candidate for ACDF surgery is usually someone whose arm pain, numbness or weakness has been traced to a specific compressed nerve root or…
Kyphoplasty is a minimally invasive procedure for a painful vertebral compression fracture. Under live X-ray guidance, a doctor passes a narrow tube through a…
Scoliosis surgery risks include nerve or spinal cord injury, surgical site infection, bleeding that may need a transfusion, anesthetic complications, and implant problems such…
A Schroth method session is a one-to-one physical therapy appointment for scoliosis built around three steps: elongation (lengthening the spine), rotational angular breathing (sending…
Nucleoplasty is a minimally invasive, needle-based procedure for selected contained disc herniations. Guided by live X-ray (fluoroscopy), a clinician passes a thin probe into…
ACDF surgery is done through a small incision at the front of the neck. The surgeon gently moves the windpipe, food pipe and blood…
Juvenile scoliosis is usually monitored while the curve stays below about 20 to 25 degrees, braced when a still-growing child's curve reaches roughly 25…
Decompression, fusion and disc surgery treat different mechanical problems. Decompression removes bone or ligament that is squeezing nerves, usually for spinal stenosis. Disc surgery…
Call your surgical team the same day if you notice new or worsening leg weakness, numbness spreading between the legs or around the genitals,…
The Schroth method is usually considered for people with idiopathic scoliosis and mild to moderate curves, most often growing adolescents with Cobb angles roughly…
An endoscopic disc surgery candidate is typically an adult with a single, imaging-confirmed lumbar disc herniation that presses on one nerve root, causing leg…
Nobody can promise a fixed number of years for an artificial disc. Published follow-up now stretches to roughly seven to ten years for several…
Most people recovering from a laminectomy walk within a day of surgery, return to light activity in a few weeks, and resume most normal…
Spinal fusion is usually recommended when a segment of the spine is unstable or misaligned, when a deformity such as severe scoliosis or a…
Scoliosis surgery, usually spinal fusion, is designed to stop a curve from worsening and to partially straighten it, which typically improves trunk alignment, evens…
Doctors usually consider a scoliosis brace for a child or teenager who is still growing and whose spinal curve measures roughly 25 to 40…
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