For some surgeries, spinal anesthesia has been increasingly used instead of general anesthesia as a method to provide more comfort to patients and cut down on painkiller use. But research among hip ...
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, ...
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wenzel Spine, Inc., a medical technology company focused on providing minimally invasive surgical and diagnostic solutions for the treatment of spinal disorders, today ...
How can we quickly identify diabetic patients at highest risk for severe hypotension following spinal anesthesia? As diabetes becomes increasingly common among surgical candidates, ...
Laminectomy is a type of spinal decompression surgery where a surgeon removes the bony arch from one or more of your spinal bones (vertebrae). This widens the space around your spine and can help ...
Is there a safer, simpler alternative to epidural analgesia for patients recovering from femur fracture surgery? As ...
While medical procedures are entirely necessary and life-saving, it doesn’t mean they’re painless. In fact even those carried out under general anaesthetic, which is supposed to prevent you from ...
An 84-year-old man regains mobility after a minimally invasive single-incision spine procedure at SIMS Hospital in Chennai.