Spine

Surgical decompression for symptomatic lumbar spine stenosis led to significant and sustained reductions in low back pain, according to a study in The Spine Journal.

The most common surgical treatment for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis is posterior decompression with instrumented fusion, according to an article in Efort Open Reviews.

Two spine surgeons discuss strategies for this year.

Oblique lateral lumbar interbody fusion is a safe and effective procedure, according to a study in Cureus.

Justin Park, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon with The Maryland Spine Center at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore.

Raymond Gardocki, MD, a surgeon at Memphis, Tenn.-based Campbell Clinic Orthopedics, discusses spine technology trends for the future.

Neurosurgeon Dr. Dominic Thompson performed one of the first fetal spina bifida surgeries in the U.K. at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, according to the BBC.

The spinal cord contributes to complex hand functions, according to a study in Nature Neuroscience and reported by Western News.

In a study presented at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting last September, Kevin McGuire, MD, of Lebanon, N.H-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center shared findings on hospital costs for spinal fusion patients, according to AAOS Now.

Board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon Albert E. Dean, Jr., MD, 85, passed away, the Shreveport Times reports.