Laminectomy is a type of spinal decompression surgery where a surgeon removes the bony arch from one or more of your spinal bones (vertebrae). This widens the space around your spine and can help ...

After risky spine surgery the surgeon told her not to plan any travel. Here’s what happened when she didn’t listen By Tamara Hardingham-Gill , CNN ...

Lumbar laminectomy is a surgery to treat spinal compression in your lower back. It involves removing the rear of one or more vertebrae. It’s usually a safe and effective treatment for spinal ...

Professional dancer Malika Dzumaev (34) has spoken out again in an Instagram post following her surgery. The dancer had previously disclosed that she was suffering from an acute herniated disc in her ...

Lumbar decompression surgery aims to increase the space in the spinal canal so the spinal cord and nerve roots are not compressed. It involves precisely removing or trimming parts of the spine ...

Researchers who had been using Fitbit data to help predict surgical outcomes have a new method to more accurately gauge how patients may recover from spine surgery. Using machine learning ...

Lauren Herb was diagnosed with scoliosis three years ago after her soccer coaches noticed her unusual posture.

Woods had surgery in 2017 to fuse his lower spine and microdiscectomy procedures in his lower back in 2014, twice in 2015 and in 2020. The last procedure came just a few months prior to his car ...

Shortly after waking up from the successful surgery, Pamela Holt was so determined to take a solo backpacking trip to the Middle East that she asked her mother to call American Airlines to book her… ...