The result was startling: The scan revealed a large tumor lurking inside his spine, not far from the base of his neck. “It was lots of tears, lots of, ‘What does this mean?’” Jackie ...

Reported at the meeting of the American Neurological Associa-tion, Jan. 4, 1906.

The spine fellow will spend about four days in the operating room and one day in the clinic. The fellowship provides exposure to lumbar, cervical, and thoracic regions and covers many diagnostic ...

Demographic, clinical, and operative risk factors associated with postoperative adjacent segment disease in patients undergoing lumbar spine fusions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

There are many things that can cause this, but one of the most common is cervical spondylotic myelopathy, which happens when the spine changes with age. This condition is more common in individuals ...

The pain occurs due to compression at the root of the sciatic nerve—a large, paired nerve that travels from the lower (lumbar) spine down the ... spinal stenosis, and tumor growth.