University Hospitals is now offering endoscopic spine surgery for patients needing treatment for back pain due to herniated discs in their spine. Xiaofei (Sophie) Zhou, MD, completed ...

When thinking about the long-term future of spine surgery, some procedures stand out for their cost-effectiveness.

Microdiscectomy surgery, also known as microdecompression surgery, is a surgical procedure used to get pressure off a lumbar ...

Lumbar herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP ... If there is no improvement in the patient's condition, surgery may be necessary. As with any spine surgery, patient symptoms, clinical exam, and ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted two 510 (k) clearances for implants which restore the integrity of ...

All participants had radicular signs secondary to lumbar disc herniation, and received either discectomy or microdiscectomy. After surgery, patients were allocated to receive early comprehensive ...

The pain usually subsides with rest. Although most recover without surgery, patients with large midline lumbar HNPs may suffer significant neurological impairment. Cauda equina syndrome is caused ...