An Illinois boy who was treated at University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital will be the Kid Captain in Kinnick on ...

CHICAGO — Results presented here showed a significantly greater overall clinical success rate with cervical disc replacement in patients with cervical disc disease compared with anterior cervical ...

Spine issues are common among older adults, and many people are looking for the best treatment options that will allow them to stay active comfortably for years to come. When seeing a spine surgeon, ...

Luke Johnston, an 8-year-old from Dunlap, Illinois, will be honored as Kid Captain during the Iowa Hawkeyes' game against ...

Anyone who suffers from frequent back and neck pain, whether from general wear and tear (degenerative disc disease), or an accident, knows how debilitating it can be. When stretches, medication, ...

Back pain is one of the most common medical problems worldwide. The pain can be debilitating and more than one in four people in the United States suffer from it. Medication, therapies and surgeries ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 14, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- ChoiceSpine LLC, a privately-held spinal device manufacturer based in Knoxville, TN, was granted 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Surgery for spinal stenosis of the neck aims to relieve compression and improve symptoms. Spinal stenosis is a compression of nerves in the spine. The condition most commonly affects the lumbar spine, ...

Routinely collected data on patients undergoing spinal fusion surgery do not provide a valid basis for assessing and comparing hospital performance on patient safety outcomes, reports a study in Spine ...

ICD-9-CM 2010 revised cervical spine codes ICD-9-CM made changes involving the cervical spinal fusion codes last year. According to the Coding Clinic, Fourth Quarter 2010, changes were made effective ...