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 ...

Ordinarily, you might not think too much about your spinal cord, since it’s protected by your spinal canal. But imagine what might happen if your spinal canal began to narrow around your spinal cord.

Cervical spinal stenosis refers to a narrowing of the spinal canal. If the canal narrows significantly, it can become too small for the spinal cord and nerve roots. This can cause pressure and result ...

NEITHER GLASSES. NORMALLY A BUSY WOMAN WHO LIKES TO TRAVEL. BUT SHE SAYS HER SPINAL STENOSIS DIAGNOSIS TWO YEARS AGO CHANGED EVERYTHING. IT WAS DEBILITATING. I COULDN’T EVEN WALK. I WAS IN A ...

Triple fusion neck surgery, or three-level cervical fusion, is a major surgical procedure that addresses certain neck issues. It involves fusing multiple vertebrae in the cervical spine, eliminating ...

Cervical stenosis is the narrowing of the vertebral canal in the neck. It is a common cause of neck pain and is more common in elderly patients. Up to 26% percent of people over the age of 64 may have ...

Joseph Osorio, MD, PhD, neurosurgeon at UC San Diego Health, holds the world’s first fully personalized anterior cervical spine implant, created using advanced imaging, AI-assisted planning, and 3D ...

From clinical outcomes to costs, here are the key discoveries in spine surgery this year: 1. A study from Plano-based Texas Back Institute found positive clinical results for patients having hybrid ...

Michael Alford wanted to be proactive when diagnosed last week with cervical spinal stenosis during treatment in Miami for a neck issue. “I feel like a million bucks,” Alford told the Tallahassee ...

A month after he and Ricochet wrestled the Alpha Academy on "WWE Raw," Braun Strowman announced that he had sustained a serious neck injury that required him to have fusion surgery for his C4 and C5 ...