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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield established favorable coverage for Mainstay Medical Holdings’ Reactiv8 restorative neurostimulation for intractable chronic low back pain. Coverage went into effect ...

Conclusion: RFA of the SVN provides satisfactory short-term clinical results in patients with DLBP following lumbar interbody fusion. It appears to be an effective treatment for patients with DLBP who ...

Your spinal cord runs down from your neck to ... Long-term course of alternative and integrative therapy for lumbar disc herniation and risk factors for surgery: A prospective observational 5-year ...

Imaging shows regeneration of sensory axons four weeks after a spinal cord injury in an adult mouse injected with PDGF-BB at the lesion site. COLUMBUS, Ohio – Capitalizing on the flexibility of ...

Patients implanted with a spinal cord simulation system reported less severe pain from baseline to follow up. Treatment also improved sensory nerve function and thermoregulation in extremities.

Scientists at UC San Diego are looking into the body's healing mechanisms for clues on recovery from spinal cord injury. A new study by researchers in the Department of Neurobiology (School of ...