When people think about spine surgery, their minds usually go straight to the operating room: the surgeon suiting up and washing up, the high-tech equipment, the delicate work of repairing what’s ...

COVINGTON -- Robots and computers have been helping surgeons in the operating room for years, making their techniques and cuts more precise. But now robotic technology has entered a new area, helping ...

CHICAGO — An innovative, minimally invasive endoscopic approach to lumbar fusion spinal surgery under conscious sedation shows success as a feasible alternative to traditional lumbar spine fusion, ...

A new chapter in spine surgery is unfolding, and Vamsi Kancherla, MD, is one of the surgeons writing its opening lines. Dr. Kancherla performed the first all-uniportal endoscopic lumbar fusion in ...

A minimally invasive spinal fusion back surgery results in less blood loss, less postoperative pain, smaller incisions, a shorter hospital stay and faster recovery and return to work. Rather than ...

A collaboration between civil engineering and neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh could change how spinal fusion ...

InSpan, an interspinous-interlaminar fixation device, has been implanted in thousands of degenerative spine disease patients since its FDA clearance in 2010 and has now been granted a patent for its ...

Plainfield senior libero Taylor Donovan did not know if she could play volleyball again after spinal fusion surgery.

Get ready to reconsider everything you thought you knew about back surgery. New advances in ultrasonic surgical tools by pioneer Dr. Dilan Ellegala have opened up new possibilities for those with back ...

CRAM SESSION: The 8 biggest fantasy takeaways from the preseason 'Cram Week' rolls along on the pod as the biggest weekend of fantasy drafting is fast approaching. Scott Pianowski joins Matt Harmon to ...

The Packers are scheduled to have a visit with Asante Samuel Jr. but they have to battle wth the Vikings and Panthers.