I feel like, man, it’s just been a miracle,” P.J. Locke said in the video, of his recovery. “I feel like it’s been a ...

Locke shared a meeting with his surgeon, Dr. Chad Prusmack, on Feb. 10 after surgery. The degenerated discs in Locke’s L4 and ...

New technique preserves major nerves, blood vessels, and other critical structures in a hard-to-access area. In a ...

While wrong-site spinal surgeries are rare, the ramifications of a mistake can be devastating for patients, providers and health systems. Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is taking systemwide action ...

251699 Introduction: Chronic low back pain is the most common cause of morbidity, causing functional limitations in most of the adult population, having a higher prevalence rate with increasing age.

The technic of lumbar sympathetic block employed was essentially that of Ochsner and DeBakey. 2 Patients were placed in the lateral recumbent position; for purposes of comparison, only one side ...

A lumbar facet injection is also referred to as a lumbar facet joint block. In this procedure, a local anesthetic agent (numbing medicine) is injected into your back: specifically, the small ...

High-frequency epidural electrical stimulation reduces spasticity and facilitates walking recovery in patients with spinal cord injury. Science Translational Medicine, 2025; 17 (780) DOI: 10.1126 ...

ABSTRACT Objective: This study aims to assess cost-effectiveness of caudal epidural block with transforaminal nerve root block in the treatment of degenerative diseases of the lumbar spine. Methods: A ...