Spinal Fusion Procedures Should Differ Based On Patient's Sex, Experts Argue By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Oct. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The placement of orthopedic screws and rods ...

Whether to have back surgery can be a controversial decision but a new procedure to reverse it may be even more controversial. Bobbie Jo Ramirez says she would never have attempted to jump or catch a ...

A common cause for missed days at work or a trip to the emergency room is the intense back and leg pain that comes from a pinched nerve in the lower back. How does this happen? What are the treatment ...

A new study from orthopedic researchers at The University of Toledo has found lumbar spinal fusion procedures are far more likely to fail in individuals with diabetes. For people with bone problems ...

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 ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- The joints in Nate Snyder's backbones had worn out. "I couldn't really stand up straight. I had a constant hunch," he said. He had pain from his low back to the tips of his toes. ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Preoperative osteoporosis treatment lowered the risks of osteoporosis-related complications and revision surgery ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. For a long time, spinal fusion was the only surgery to treat ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Allogeneic morphogenetic protein (OsteoAMP, Advanced Biologics, Carlsbad, California) may work better than recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) in spinal fusions, a ...