A woman who had a spinal cord stimulator implanted in 2020 is suing devicemaker Boston Scientific and the FDA over complications she experienced with the device. Dena Lawler received the Spectra ...

Our body has a spinal cord where bundles of nerves pass from the brain to the lower back. When the cervical spine (the neck ...

By the time you’re an adult, you usually have 24 movable vertebrae (instead of 33) and the rest of the bones are fused together. While most people have a straight spine, some people have additional ...

In a first-of-its-kind surgery, a team led by a University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) neurosurgeon has successfully ...

Karla Flores had a tumor strangling her spinal cord near the base of her skull. Doctors weighed whether they should attempt a ...

People who suffer spinal cord injuries can deal with a lifetime of pain. A new research project aims to address that. Watch our interview with Dr. Laura Carbone on The Means ...

Neurosurgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore successfully removed a spinal cord tumor through a woman’s eye socket in a landmark case, the Washington Post reported May 4.

In a first-of-its-kind procedure, clinicians at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore removed a rare spinal tumor through a patient’s eye socket.  The patient, Karla Flores of ...

Background: Beside symptoms and clinical signs radiological findings are crucial in the diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). We investigate which quantitative radiological signs are ...

Research showed that nearly two-thirds of patients sustained clinically meaningful relief over 4 years after a 60-day PNS ...