Despite that, rates of fusion surgery in the U.S. ballooned more than 200 percent throughout the 1990s, and the number of ...

Decades ago, back operations involved long surgeries, lengthy recoveries and extended hospital stays. Open spine surgeries often comprised of large incisions, leading to post-operative pain and ...

The Blade has provided a medical update one year after undergoing spinal fusion surgery. The 45-year-old hasn’t wrestled ...

Metal rods, screws, resins or bone grafts have traditionally been the options for patients facing spinal fusion surgery, but a team of engineers at the University of Missouri are working to change ...

Tigers Woods won the Masters championship on Sunday, one of the greatest comebacks in sports history, and he might have his spinal fusion surgery to thank for that. Woods, 43, had the procedure in ...

Spine surgery is a broad field encompassing various procedures that help address different spinal conditions. There are various types of spine surgery, including artificial disk replacement ...

The research will focus on recruiting and turning stem cells into bone cells for the spines of humans, cats and dogs.

The Lown Institute's list was taken from Medicare data. The hospitals with the highest rates of spinal fusion/laminectomy ...