The efficacy of fusion surgery in addition to decompression surgery in patients who have lumbar spinal stenosis ... in the SSSS trial (see Table S1 in the Supplementary Appendix).

L5-S1 is the exact spot where the lumbar ... Those who do may experience: Spinal fusion surgery can be effective for treating symptoms related to spondylolisthesis. However, it requires a ...

the surgeon spreads and dilates the muscles to obtain access to the lumbar (lower back) spine. A minimally invasive spinal fusion back surgery results in less blood loss, less postoperative pain ...

Woods underwent surgery to alleviate chronic pain in his back and leg. It's a procedure called anterior lumbar interbody fusion ... He said that the L5/S1 disc is commonly where athletes have ...

Richard Guyer performed anterior lumbar interbody fusion surgery on Woods, fusing together his L5 and S1 vertebrae, most likely with titanium or high-grade medical plastic, injected with synthetic ...

February 27, 2009 (Las Vegas, Nevada) — A lumbar total disc replacement system (ProDisc-L) is superior to spinal-fusion surgery in relieving ... levels between L3 and S1. In the prospective ...

(April 14 issue) 1 found that in patients with lumbar stenosis, even in patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis, decompression surgery plus fusion surgery does not result in better clinical ...

Carson Daly is on the mend after undergoing an Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF) procedure on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the TODAY co-host, 49, who has suffered decades of back pain after ...