For patients who suffer back pain due to degenerative disc disease, there is an alternative to spinal fusion therapy for extreme cases. Degenerative disc disease affects more than 3 million people ...

Lumbar fusion surgery is a well‐established intervention for stabilising degenerative lumbar disorders. However, one of its critical complications is adjacent segment disease (ASD), a condition ...

Lumbar total disc replacement patients tended to have more facet injections following surgery compared to those having anterolateral lumbar interbody fusion, according to a study published in the ...

Around four years ago, Hannah Polach, 42, began experiencing numbness and tingling in her arms that would wake her from a ...

Hearing that they have "degenerative disc disease" can frighten many people into pursuing spinal surgery. But rather than being pathological, degenerating discs and decreased spinal flexibility are ...

Therapies that target aging cells early pave the way to easing back pain. "Once intervertebral discs start to degenerate, there is very little regeneration that happens," says Dr. Risbud. "But our ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. L5-S1 degenerative disc disease is a common pathologic ...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (March 9, 2023) -- Brooke Army Medical Center Interventional Radiology offers a new, less invasive option for some patients who have disc degeneration.

SALT LAKE CITY, July 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- DiscGenics, Inc., a privately held, late-stage clinical, biopharmaceutical company developing allogeneic, cell-based, regenerative therapies for ...

Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a gel inspired by cow slime for patients suffering from disk herniation. By adding the mucin gel immediately after surgery, it is possible to create a ...

PHILADELPHIA — Chronic back pain affects upwards of 15 million adults in the US, racking up billions in healthcare costs and lost work days. Degeneration of the discs that cushion and support ...