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 ...

Outpatient spine surgery remains an area of growth with the share of spine surgeries in the ASC growing 8% between 2021 and 2024. And for Hardy Sikand, CEO of Indiana Spine Group, some procedures are ...

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 ...

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 ...

A spinal headache is the name for a type of headache that follows a procedure like a spinal tap (lumbar puncture) or epidural block (such as that performed during labor and delivery).