In anterior cervical surgery, it is usually not necessary or desirable to remove the posterior longitudinal ligament. Retention of the ligament helps prevent overdistraction of the disc space by ...

Are you a candidate for Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery? Here, Dr. Shellock explains why it may be an option to consider. 1. You have neck pain with arm pain or back pain with leg pain.

A cervical intervertebral disc can prolapse (hernia or rupture) asymptomatically or may produce neck pain, nerve root compression (radiculopathy) or spinal cord compression (myelopathy). Surgery is ...

“Recovering from neck surgery. Hurts a lot ... "I basically crushed my C5-C6 disc and had to have two surgeries to remove part of it." Neck pain is often a common condition many of us have.

Scott Blumenthal, MD, will mark 25 years since he performed the first lumbar total disc replacement in the U.S.

My neck surgery destroyed my life ... I just had an ACDF myself for a protruding disc. Very painful, but the pain quickly faded. I am now back to gold, as you will soon be too!” ...

Surgery is typically indicated when six months of conservative therapy have not been successful, if there is a neurologic deficit attributable to the cervical disc disease or when the symptoms ...

Broadcaster Kim Jun-ho, who was unable to attend the 'SBS Entertainment Awards' due to a herniated disc in his neck, is ...

In a healthcare industry that has become inundated with physicians who overprescribe pain medication and are all too eager to ...