When diagnosed with lumbar spinal stenosis, I think many people have the impression that there are only two choices: 'suppress the pain with medication or cut it out with surgery.' In fact, if ...

Scientists have discovered a stem cell that appears to serve as a master source for tendon and ligament cells throughout the ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 86-year-old male in relatively good health. I developed pain in my lower back, buttocks and upper legs that started a couple of months ago. It is particularly painful in the ...

A new study has identified stem cells linked to tendon and ligament growth that may contribute to spinal stenosis and could ...

Some types of neck surgery include cervical discectomy, cervical fusion, cervical disc replacement, and laminectomy. These procedures address a variety of conditions affecting the top part of the ...

“While previous studies had proposed several candidate stem cells, none had definitively shown that a single cell population could both self-renew and generate the full spectrum of tendon and ligament ...

The Hospital Universitario de Dénia has put its specialist spinal surgery in the spotlight after two minimally invasive ...