Elective neurosurgery has quietly crossed a threshold: advances in minimally invasive techniques, anesthesia, and perioperative care have made a set of historically “inpatient” spine and neurovascular ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (FEBRUARY 2, 2021). Researchers in the United Kingdom (UK) conducted a randomized controlled trial in 47 patients with lumbar spinal stenosis to compare treatment outcomes and ...

Patients whose lumbar spinal stenosis was treated with decompression surgery plus fusion ended up no less disabled than those who had decompression alone, but they did lose more blood, stay ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Elective lumbar laminectomy performed later in the week was associated with higher costs and prolonged length of ...

BOSTON — Older age and higher Oswestry Disability Index score correlated to greater gains in quality of life at both 3 months and 1 year after multilevel lumbar laminectomy and fusion surgery, ...

According to a new national coverage determination, CMS said Medicare will not reimburse percutaneous image-guided lumbar decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis patients. CMS officials said spinal ...