Karla Flores was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor. A misplaced MRI found a second, nearly inoperable, tumor on her spine.

Cervical cancer is highly preventable, but the disease kills thousands every year. In part, that's because women don't get screened for it regularly.

This incision is usually two to three inches long from just below the base of the skull to the base of the neck. The soft tissue and muscle are carefully dissected away from the bony spine, revealing ...

This content was created by our physicians and experts. Decompression neck surgery for patients with spinal stenosis A cervical laminectomy removes small bony structures (the spinous process and ...

India is emerging as a leader in robotic spine surgery, with surgeons developing advanced techniques that combine precision, ...

Urinalysis for arsenic and lead was negative. On the 7 th hospital day a laminectomy, with decompression of the cervical spinal cord, was performed. It was considered a very important precaution ...

The spinal cord travels inside the vertebral column constructed from the front by vertebrae, cushioned by the intervertebral discs, and from the back by the facet joints and lamina. In the cervical ...

Cervical laminectomy: To remove excessive pressure from nerve roots, your surgeon will remove a portion of the vertebral bone called the lamina to make more room for your spinal cord and spinal nerve.

Intramedullary spinal cord abscess (ISCA ... Initial intervention comprised of a cervical laminectomy and aspiration of the abscess. Despite this, the patient experienced progressive neurological ...

Laminoplasty is a type of surgery to treat spinal stenosis in the neck. The lamina is part of the bone in the vertebrae. Laminoplasty repositions the lamina to create more space within the spinal ...

Any type of spinal cord compression could result in ... In a laminectomy, the rear parts of the vertebrae in the neck – the lamina and spinous processes – are removed. In a laminoplasty ...