As spine surgery steadily moves toward outpatient settings, the limiting factors are no longer primarily clinical. Advances in surgical technique, anesthesia and pain management have made far more ...

Awake spine surgery has largely been limited to shorter, simpler procedures, but Stanley Hoang, MD, of Ochsner LSU Health in Shreveport, La., has leveraged the technique in new ways. Dr. Hoang, who ...

Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby said this week he was hoping to avoid surgery for a left knee injury that caused ...

Around 117,000 people living in England and Wales had a hip replacement in 2024. Although hip replacements are often thought ...

There are other causes of leg weakness around the time of surgery. If they gave you spinal anesthesia, it’s possible that the ...

In the final months of Brigitte Bardot’s life, the actress underwent multiple surgeries to treat cancer, her husband Bernard ...

In 2021, I drove to the hospital with chest and back pain. I was told that I needed an emergency surgery to remove my gallbladder. During the procedure, I suffered a heart rhythm disturbance, which ...

I do not recommend stopping aspirin without discussing with your doctor. I do not recommend stopping aspirin without ...

In 2021, I drove to the hospital with chest and back pain. I was told that I needed an emergency surgery to remove my ...

Jason M. Cuellar, MD, PhD is a fellowship-trained, board-certified orthopedic spinal surgeon. He attended medical school at Stanford University, residency training at NYU-Hospital for joint diseases ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes underwent successful surgery Monday night in Dallas to repair the tear in his left ACL, the team announced. The surgery was performed ...

Chronic sciatica involves symptoms of leg pain, numbness, and weakness that last 12 months or longer. Severe cases of sciatica may need surgery to relieve symptoms. At-home treatments for sciatica ...