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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the first hours after a severe spinal cord injury, Jonathan Yun, MD, is trying to control what can still be controlled: blood pressure, oxygenation, blood loss, the stability of the patient, and ...

Spinal fusion has long been “the gold standard” in spine surgery, but motion-preserving techniques have become more attractive to physicians and patients in recent years. Spine surgeons discuss how ...