Spinal cord compression is a debilitating condition that many patients with advanced cancer experience. Until now, patients often had to spend multiple days traveling back and forth to undergo ...

Back decompression aims to relieve back pain by taking pressure off compressed spinal discs. There are surgical and nonsurgical methods of back decompression. Nonsurgical therapy includes spinal ...

Ordinarily, you might not think too much about your spinal cord, since it’s protected by your spinal canal. But imagine what might happen if your spinal canal began to narrow around your spinal cord.

Indicators of a response to radiation therapy include pain relief and a return to baseline function or improved function. Patients may experience some relief of symptoms within a few days after ...

Degenerative cervical spondylosis is a chronic, progressive deterioration of osseocartilaginous components of the cervical spine that is most often related to aging. Radiographic evidence of ...

Spinal stenosis is a condition characterized by narrowing of the spinal canal, a tubular structure which encloses the spinal cord. Narrowing of the spinal canal leads to compression of the spinal cord ...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, the United States, the world’s largest market for minimally ...

Spinal fusion is a surgical procedure doctors can use to treat many different problems in your back or neck. The surgery joins two or more of your vertebrae together, which can: stabilize and align ...

A herniated disc can pinch a nerve, which causes pain, numbness, or weakness in your lower back and legs. Diagnosing a ...