For decades, the intervertebral disc (IVD) has been framed in clinical and research narratives as a structure that inevitably degrades, a biomechanical victim of ageing and axial stress.1 This ...
A new research paper was published in Volume 17, Issue 9 of Aging-US on September 8, 2025, titled, "Runx1 overexpression induces early onset of intervertebral disc degeneration." In this study, led by ...
The Lown Institute called out dozens of hospitals for performing unnecessary surgeries on Medicare beneficiaries with low back pain, putting patients at risk of serious complications with no evidence ...
Over three years unnecessary back surgeries have cost Medicare an estimated $1.9 billion, according to an analysis from the Lown Institute. Six things to know: 1. The Lown Institute evaluated Medicare ...
IN 1948 and 1950 Lindblom 1,2 reported his experience with diskography. In these reports he described a method of direct visualization of normal and pathologic lumbar intervertebral disks by means of ...
Aseptic thoracic spondylodiscitis (pseudo discitis) in a septuagenarian without predisposing factors
Aseptic spondylodiscitis (ASD) is an even rarer disease characterized by radiological and biopsy evidence of spondylodiscitis in the absence of an infectious agent in any compartment. ASD has been ...
The MRI image shows a cervical spine with normal age-related changes; however, the thoracic spine has findings suggestive of discitis at T9 to T10 (third intervertebral space up from the bottom of the ...
ABSTRACT: Background: Spondylodiscitis refers to spinal infections, including vertebral osteomyelitis, spondylitis, and discitis. Its incidence is rising due to invasive spinal interventions among ...
Credit: Getty Images The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine has updated its recommendations for control of surgical site infections in the course of regional anesthesia and ...
Spine devicemaker icotec earned FDA 510(k) clearance for its BlackArmor spine implants, according to a Jan. 14 news release. The implants have indications to treat de novo spinal infections. Icotec is ...
FDA advisors largely supported the regulatory approval of condoliase for nerve pain associated with lumbar disc herniation (LDH) if it can be targeted to the right patients. During Friday's meeting of ...
A slipped disk can happen anywhere along the spine. Despite the name, the intervertebral disk does not slip out of place. Instead, the inner material protrudes through the disk’s outer ring, causing ...
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