Once these discs start becoming damaged enough, conditions like disc herniation and degenerative disc disease may start developing. Spondylosis, in general, also causes the cartilage around the spinal ...

h.u-tokyo.ac.jp Objectives: Although lumbar spondylosis is a major cause of low back pain and disability in elderly people, few epidemiological studies have been performed. The prevalence of ...

More than 200,000 Medicare patients with back pain underwent $2 billion worth of unnecessary surgeries, including spinal ...

Spinal arthritis is the inflammation of the joints between the bones in your spine or the joints connecting your spine to your pelvis. Spinal arthritis can be caused by autoimmune diseases, wear and ...

New Hampshire and Arkansas were found to have the highest rates of unnecessary spinal fusions and/or laminectomies and vertebroplasties, respectively, according ...

Spinal meningitis is the inflammation of tissues, called the meninges, that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord. It usually stems from an infection, leading to symptoms such as a stiff neck ...

spondylosis, spinal stenosis, facet hypertrophy Percutaneous laser discectomy Same as standard microdiscectomy History of previous lumbar surgery, workman's compensation, stenosis, facet ...

3. "Overuse" was defined for spinal fusions and/or laminectomies if patients did not have radicular symptoms, trauma, herniated disc, discitis, spondylosis, myelopathy, radiculopathy, radicular pain ...

Although a lumbar puncture (spinal tap) can measure spinal fluid pressure, continual intracranial pressure monitoring over 24 hours or more may be more appropriate for diagnosis when your doctor wants ...

This paper cuts directly into critical debates about how the ancient spinal cord and the relatively new human ... Blackcurrant Supplementing Mitigates Postmenopausal Bone Loss, Study Finds Sep.

Spinal fusion and laminectomy procedures were deemed overused for patients with low back pain, excluding those with radicular symptoms, trauma, herniated disc, discitis, spondylosis, myelopathy, ...

The global cervical pillow market size stands at USD 1,281.4 million in 2024. The valuation is estimated to reach USD 2,168.1 ...