The question is no longer whether patients use cannabis — it’s what it means for their surgical outcomes. A recent study takes a closer look at this very issue in patients undergoing elective lumbar ...
The literal front line of the most serious and important battles against post-op spine pain and opioid use is revision spine surgery.
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 ...
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 ...