Theragen, a Jacksonville, Florida–based medical device company, today announced new data demonstrating how patients' demographics, health histories and surgical techniques may predict their recovery ...

According to the North American Community Hub Statistics (NCHstats), back pain affects four in every five people in the United States. The discomfort and loss of mobility that it causes result in 264 ...

Newswise — Children’s Hospital Los Angeles utilizes an enhanced recovery protocol for youth who have undergone spinal fusion surgery for conditions such as adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. For ...

Four months after cervical fusion surgery, a man still could not lift his left hand to touch his head. His left shoulder remained painful, sore, and tight despite electrotherapy and other supportive ...

Over 400,000 spinal fusion surgeries are performed annually in the United States and as the population ages, that number is expected to rise. The goal of many spinal fusion surgeries is to reduce or ...

A spine operation can go exactly as planned. The patient leaves the hospital, avoids a readmission and looks good at six weeks. Aqib Zehri, MD, does not think this fact tells him whether the surgery ...

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