A 65-year-old man presented to the ED with 1 day of acute onset mid-thoracic and low back pain, difficulty ambulating and ...

Michael Markmiller was in excruciating pain for years. The 53-year-old couldn’t walk more than 100 meters without his legs ...

Lumbar herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP) and lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS ... care differs for microdiscectomy and decompressive laminectomy because the surgical pathology and interventions are ...

Correspondence to Dr W Brinjikji, Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, OL1-112 SMH, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; Brinjikji.waleed{at}mayo.edu Spinal epidural arteriovenous fistulas ...

The spinal cord contains a diverse array of sensory and motor circuits that are essential for normal function. Spinal cord injury (SCI) permanently disrupts neural circuits through initial mechanical ...

There are two main approaches to surgery: the posterior approach, in which a portion of the posterior aspect of the spinal canal is removed in a procedure known as laminectomy, and the anterior ...

A lumbar puncture (spinal tap) is a common test doctors use to check for signs of MS in your spinal fluid. But a lumbar puncture on its own isn’t enough to confirm an MS diagnosis. Diagnosing ...

A new study indicates that the ... Feb. 5, 2025 — Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA ...

Subsequently, (“spinal tuberculosis” OR “spinal TB” OR “tuberculous spondylitis” OR ... (2), transpedicular corpectomy (2), transpedicular instrumentation (2), two-stage surgery (2), unilateral ...