Researchers assessed physiologic changes of the spine as well as the frequency of low back pain among astronauts during and after spaceflight.

Ali Mesiwala, MD, performed the first posterior fusion at DISC Sports and Spine Centers using Kleiner Device Labs' KG2 Surge system, the devicemaker said in a Jan. 14 LinkedIn post. The patient had ...

The injury report labels the ailment as L5-S1. According to Spine-Health, this is "the transition area between the lower back and pelvis in the spine." Despite the severity of the injury ...

Contraindications include spinal cord injury or significant cauda equina symptoms, bony spinal stenosis or foraminal stenosis, spinal instability or spondylolisthesis, calcified or ossified disc ...

"Yea I had L5/S1 spinal fusion 6 months ago after 1.5 years of failed conservative treatment. Within 7 days of the fusion I was on zero pain meds. (That's probably faster than most folks, but my point ...

Want to rile up spine surgeons? Then say something against the anterior approach. Which the venerable and esteemed Juan Uribe, M.D., Chief, Spinal Disorders, Sonntag Chair of Spine Research and Vice ...

She tried physical therapy, medications, but the back pain and stooping slowly increased. CT scan showed L2-3 stenosis, inadequate lumbar lordosis (flatback), degenerative spondylosis at L5-S1 without ...