Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Orthopedics Today Spine Section Editor Scott D. Boden, MD, said that while minimal incision decompression ...

This study included patients with symptoms suggesting lumbar radiculopathy. Patients were recruited by screening and referral from general practitioners, and those with large disc herniation obviously ...

All patients with back pain should have a screening neurologic evaluation including motor function, perineal and lower extremity sensation, deep tendon reflexes, and Babinski reflexes. This brief ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Investigators showed that diagnosis was improved in 56% of patients with lumbar radiculopathy when a new type of ...

This week we are going to discuss the post-operative complication of nerve root scarring following the lower back surgery, lumbar laminectomy or fusion. Laminectomy, or removal of the lamina, is a ...

Pain can be caused in any part of the body. When there is some dysfunction or problem in any organ or functioning, then pain occurs. Some pains are very general and can go away with time but some can ...

This week we are going to discuss a particular method in which physicians and therapist use to determine the exact level of nerve involvement when a nerve is pinched in the neck or back. In the ...

A 32 year-old man presented with progressive numbness and pain radiating from the back to the anterior and medial thigh. Schwannoma: MRI Scans of the Lumbar Spine; (Left Top) T1-weighted axial; (Left ...