This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Tiffany Bruce spends every day, all day, thinking about pain. Her own, yes, ...

Prehabilitation can help the elderly recover better and suffer fewer complications from spinal fusion surgery, a new study says. Patients 75 and older who underwent a four-week prehab program prior to ...

Lauren Matteini, MD, now approaches many cervical spine cases by trying to disqualify the operation she would prefer to perform. The operation is cervical disc replacement. “In my practice now, I’m ...

A collaboration between civil engineering and neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh could change how spinal fusion surgery is performed and monitored. Associate Professors Amir Alavi, Nitin ...

For many living with chronic back pain, the prospect of spinal fusion surgery can feel daunting — lengthy recovery, permanent structural changes and limited mobility. But at Capitol Pain Institute ...

Spinal fusion has long been “the gold standard” in spine surgery, but motion-preserving techniques have become more attractive to physicians and patients in recent years. Spine surgeons discuss how ...

For years, spine surgery has been judged by what happens early. How long was the hospital stay? Were there complications? Did the patient need another operation? Did pain improve in the first year?