When Jim Foster, a retired basketball coach, injured his back at age 72, he faced debilitating pain that made daily ...

HSS is the #1 orthopedic hospital in the world and a national leader in rheumatology. This content was created by our physicians and experts. Decompression neck surgery for patients with spinal ...

Lumbar laminectomy is a type of spinal procedure which aims to relieve stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal) or other forms of compression of the spinal canal at the level of the low back (lumbar ...

Laminectomy The average cost of a laminectomy (partial removal of bone with release of the spinal cord or spinal nerves of one interspace in the lower spine) in a hospital outpatient department is ...

Topline results from the chronic cohort of an ongoing phase 1b/2a clinical trial of an investigational therapeutic peptide, NVG-291, found the novel treatment led to increased electrical connectivity ...

Through a device called a brain-computer interface (BCI) it's possible to control a robotic arm or a wheelchair with thoughts ...

Brain Wave Decoder Figures Out How To Cause Movement In Spinal Cord Injuries By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, May 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A brain wave decoder shows promise in ...

By analyzing DNA and proteins in the blood of people with and without acute spinal cord injuries (SCIs), researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have developed a novel blood ...

Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer ...

As the first regenerative clinical trial globally employing a subtype-specific neural progenitor cell therapeutic product to treat spinal cord injury, the study will be led by the Third Affiliated ...

Intracortical microstimulation of the somatosensory cortex evokes tactile sensations, but those of individual electrodes are insufficient for functional tasks. We show that stimulating multiple ...

From endoscopic spine to cervical laminoplasty, spine surgeons discuss the procedures that they want to see gain prominence. Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed to spine surgeons ...