Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD Key Takeaways The lumbar spine includes five vertebrae that help with mobility and stability.Lumbar vertebrae are larger because they carry the load from ...

Every 48 seconds, one person in the United States is paralyzed as a result of a spinal cord injury. According to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center, there are between 240,000 and ...

Dr. Steven C. Ludwig answers the question: 'Pinched Nerve In An MRI?' — -- Question: I Was Told My MRI Shows A Pinched Nerve. What Does That Mean? Answer: The MRI scan is an imaging test that ...

Collecting and analyzing all possible documents by internet, and consulting medical libraries in different countries. Ollivier (d’Angers) Charles-Prosper (OA) (Figure 1) was born in 1796 in Angers, ...

The question of whether an epidural or spinal is advisable after spinal surgery does not appear to have been studied systematically. What we know and how we practice is based on case reports, most of ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Augmedics, a pioneer in augmented reality surgical image guidance, has announced its groundbreaking xvision Spine System has been successfully used for the first time in a ...