STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The evolution of spine surgery in the past decade has allowed for the development of new techniques that make it possible to make smaller and smaller incisions ...

DEBORAH: AND TONIGHT’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR, A LOOK AT ARTIFICIAL DISC REPLACEMENT SURGERY. IT CAN CAUSE TERRIBLE PAIN AND NERVE PAIN GOING DOWN THE ARM. MERCY MEDICAL CENTER DOCTOR CHARLES EDWARDS II, SAYS ...

More than 153,000 cervical spine procedures have been added to the American Spine Registry from 2015 to 2024, and the majority of them were anterior cervical discectomy and fusions, according to the ...

If you have neck pain or stiffness, that sometimes travels down your shoulders or arms… You may be a candidate for cervical disk replacement surgery. Also known as C-D-R, the surgery helps to relieve ...

For decades, anterior cervical discectomy fusion has been the gold-standard surgery to relieve pain from a herniated disc in the neck, but a new procedure is delivering better outcomes and reducing ...

LA CROSSE (WKBT) — Neck pain is a common issue that affects most adults. It can make everyday tasks difficult, like driving a car or working on the computer. Dr. Navid Kherizi, a Mayo Clinic Health ...

Spine surgeons are reporting that artificial disc replacement works as well and often better than spinal fusion surgery. The two procedures are performed on patients with damaged discs in the neck.

RICHMOND, Va. -- John Larsen is thankful to be healthy and back on the job again, answering the call for help as a Henrico firefighter. Larsen, 35, recently returned to work after having surgery for a ...

Wayne Wiggins hopes surgery on Thursday will finally cure the pain he has endured since his car was rear-ended more than six years ago. It will be the third cervical procedure for Wiggins. This time, ...