TOCHIGI, Japan — A controlled study comparing results of skip laminectomy with open-door laminoplasty demonstrated that skip laminectomy reduced axial symptoms yet maintained neck range of motion ...

Rheumatoid arthritis often involves your wrists, knees, and feet. But it can also affect your spine. Most of the time, this kind of back pain responds well to arthritis treatments such as biologics.

April 30, 2012 (Miami, Florida) — Lumbar spinal fusion plus laminectomy appears to be a better option than laminectomy alone in terms of quality of life for patients with degenerative grade I ...

Dec. 18, 2003 -- Skip laminectomy may be a better procedure than conventional laminoplasty, according to the results of a preliminary trial published in the Dec. 15 issue of Spine. "Postoperative ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (FEBRUARY 2, 2021). Researchers in the United Kingdom (UK) conducted a randomized controlled trial in 47 patients with lumbar spinal stenosis to compare treatment outcomes and ...

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, ...

People ailing from degenerative grade I spondylolisthesis with lumbar spinal stenosis could find better quality of life by undergoing a laminectomy with lumbar spinal fusion versus laminectomy alone, ...

BOSTON — Older age and higher Oswestry Disability Index score correlated to greater gains in quality of life at both 3 months and 1 year after multilevel lumbar laminectomy and fusion surgery, ...

Medical City Weatherford (Texas) added a spine surgery program for the first time in more than a decade, according to a Dec. 12 news release. The hospital’s new program includes posterior lumbar ...

Posterior-Only Spinal Fusion Feasible in Parkinson’s Disease Following lumbar laminectomy, loss of strength and shear stiffness (SS) can be predicted in the human lumbar spinal segment using ...