Cervical degenerative disc disease occurs when the functional spinal unit breaks down. It can lead to disabling pain and neurological dysfunction, particularly when spinal nerves or the spinal cord is ...

Cervical Disc-Level Canal Diameter Predicts Spinal Injury Disc-level canal diameter determined from magnetic resonance imaging can identify patients at risk for acute spinal cord injury after minor ...

The FDA recently approved the Medtronic Prestige LP Cervical System for treating degenerative disc disease at two adjacent vertebral levels (between C3 and C7). The device is said to be Medtronic’s ...

Peer-reviewed results from the two-level multi-center FDA Investigational Device Exemption study reiterate disc's superiority to ACDF The peer-reviewed publication reiterates that the Simplify Disc ...

LEWISVILLE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orthofix Medical Inc. (NASDAQ:OFIX), a global medical device company with a spine and orthopedics focus, today announced the first patient implant in a U.S. Food ...

Most people rarely stop to think about the load their neck carries every day. The human head, weighing in at 10–12 pounds, may not sound particularly heavy — until you realize the neck and upper spine ...

(HealthDay News) — For patients with single-level symptomatic cervical disc disease, cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) is associated with lower readmission rates, lower reoperation rates, and reduced ...