A 90-year-old woman who had been experiencing back pain that made it difficult to walk or stand is crediting a minimally ...

1. MILD is less invasive than traditional back surgery. Spinal stenosis is traditionally treated with conservative measures — such as epidural steroid injections, medication and physical therapy — or ...

At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine & Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago, Mark Coleman, MD, senior partner of National Spine and Pain Centers gave a presentation titled “Evolving ...

The minimally invasive lumbar decompression (mild) procedure provides pain relief and improved physical function for at least a year in patients suffering from lumbar spinal stenosis, according to a ...

Medical device maker Vertos Medical raked in $26 million on Wednesday in a Series C funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners. The company, which is based in Aliso Viejo, California, develops ...

She described the procedure itself as simple and comfortable.

Narrowing of the spinal canal can make standing and walking unbearable. The chances of getting lumbar spinal stenosis increases with age. Options include pain medications, steroid injections and ...

For decades, spine surgery has largely operated on a straightforward premise: identify the problem and fix it. If an MRI showed spinal stenosis, instability, deformity and degeneration, the goal was ...