October 4, 2010 — The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Board of Directors approved and issued a clinical practice guideline for treatment of symptomatic osteoporotic spinal compression.

Back decompression aims to relieve back pain by taking pressure off compressed spinal discs. There are surgical and nonsurgical methods of back decompression. Nonsurgical therapy includes spinal ...

A vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is a break in an individual bone, or vertebra, of the spine that causes the vertebra to collapse. A lumbar VCF affects the lower spine. When a VCF occurs, the ...

Among patients with compression fractures, outcomes of disability, back pain, and progression of anterior body compression were similar among those treated without a brace or with soft or rigid braces ...

Spinal cord compression is a debilitating condition that many patients with advanced cancer experience. Until now, patients often had to spend multiple days traveling back and forth to undergo ...

UCSF neurologist Dr. Shirvalkar studies nerve-to-brain connections to find new ways to treat chronic back pain.

If you’re over 60, chances are good you know someone who has dealt with a compression fracture in their spine. Vertebral compression fractures are injuries to the large bony part of the spine that can ...

Degenerative cervical spondylosis is a chronic, progressive deterioration of osseocartilaginous components of the cervical spine that is most often related to aging. Radiographic evidence of ...

Controlled clinical trial of interferon-gamma as postoperative surgical adjuvant therapy for colon cancer. Over a 5-year period (1989 to 1993), a total of 110 patients underwent surgery. Fifty-five ...

A longitudinal assessment of the quality of life (QOL) of older adults with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML): A pilot study No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is an ...