Lumbar spinal fusion has been a mainstay in spine surgery. Here six things to know about the procedure in 2025: 1. Lumbar spinal fusions are among the most common lumbar spine procedures done from ...

Objectives: To observe the prevalence of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration in elite athletes as compared with published literature of changes seen in non-athletes—that is, normal population.

Lumbar disc hernias can be alleviated with conservative treatments such as painkillers in around 80% of cases, but for the remaining 20%, surgery was the only way to control the pain. However ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to BRTX-100 for the treatment of chronic lumbar disc disease, defined as back and/or radicular pain with confirmed ...

In New Jersey, the state’s leading commercial insurer, covering over 2.3 million people, has broadened its approval to include both one- and two-level lumbar TDR procedures. This change ...

The lumbar spine related hamstring is considered to be an injury that presents clinically ... lumbosacral ligament is more clinically significant in older athletes with the common finding of L5/S1 ...

This condition is known as lumbar canal stenosis, which requires a surgical solution. While disc degeneration is unavoidable, ...

Here are six key updates from spine and orthopedic companies since March 5. 1. Aurora Spine completed enrollment for its Refine study on lumbar interlaminar fusion. 2. Interim data on Spineart’s ...

announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to its BRTX-100 program for treating chronic lumbar disc disease (cLDD). This designation highlights ...

Two vertebrae are joined together using metal hardware. The gelatinous disc between the vertebrae is removed. The specific procedure may have been the ALIF (anterior lumbar interbody fusion) which ...