Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal, which can cause painful pressure on the spinal cord or nerves. Sometimes the source of this narrowing is a tumor that has spread to the thoracic ...

The rod and screw instrumentation prevents the vertebrae from moving while the bone graft fusion takes place. Bone grafts or bone graft substitutes may be added to fuse the vertebrae in the straighter ...

The surgery can join vertebrae in the lumbar (lower back), thoracic (mid-back) or cervical spine (neck). The OHSU Spine Center is committed to trying the least-invasive options first. Your doctor may ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted two 510 (k) clearances for implants which restore the integrity of ...

And now, for the first time new technology is helping to make fusion surgery more personalized ... a game changer in the spine, not just the cervical spine but in the thoracic and the lumbar ...

In 2020, the department created a six-year Thoracic Surgery Integrated Residency Program, leveraging the strengths of our long-established training programs in cardiothoracic surgery and general ...

The Texas Heart Institute/Baylor College of Medicine Thoracic Surgery (Independent) Fellowship Program has a pioneering tradition and a continuing spirit of innovation in cardiothoracic surgery. The ...

This body of work aims to enhance the understanding of how to achieve optimal results in AIS surgery ... techniques used during posterior spinal fusion for AIS, including in situ bending, rod ...

We report a rare presentation of postoperative acute neurological deficit caused by compressive thoracic pseudomeningocele. This patient had posterior spinal fusion and decompression surgery for ...

CT scan uses X-rays to create detailed images of the thoracic spine ... So, before the surgery, a doctor will give certain medications that cause loss of consciousness. There are various techniques of ...