A cervical foraminotomy is a procedure that decompresses a nerve in the neck. A spine surgeon removes bone or disc pieces that are pressing on the nerves that go from your neck to your arm. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Findings from a recently published study showed the removal of a degenerative posterior longitudinal ligament ...

1. Outpatient spine surgery growth in hospital outpatient department is growing faster than in ASCs. A December 2017 article in Spine found: • Outpatient hospitals reported the largest growth in ...

For patients with cervical radiculopathy, posterior foraminotomy provides outcomes comparable to those of the more commonly performed anterior cervical discectomy, reports a randomized clinical trial ...

Thoracic ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (TOPLL) is a rare condition associated with ectopic bone formation in the thoracic spine. A long-term follow-up study from Japan shows ...