Spectrum Spine earned FDA 510(k) clearance for its family of lumbar cage implants, according to a July 22 news release. The implants use BioBraille surface treatment on the bone contact areas and ...

It usually happens at the base of your spine (lumbar spondylolisthesis). When the slipped vertebra puts pressure on a nerve , it can cause pain in your lower back or legs. Spondylolisthesis Symptoms ...

Sacralization is a condition where the base of your spine has fused to the top of your pelvis.. Your bottom vertebra is called the L5 lumbar vertebra. It’s joined to your sacrum, the upper ridge ...

When the Charité artificial disc received FDA approval for clinical use in 2004, most spine surgeons thought lumbar artificial disc replacement was going to change spine surgery. They believed ...

Other patients had "transitional vertebrae" between the lumbar spine and sacrum. This malformation also affected the rate of L4/L5 versus L5/S1 herniation, depending on the location of the ...

The two most commonly affected lumbar facet joints are L4–L5 and L5–S1, so the nerves innervating these joints — the L3 and L4 medial branches and the L5 dorsal ramus — are most frequently ...

December 1, 2015 - Most children and adolescents with herniated disks in the lower (lumbar) spine have some sort of malformation of the spinal vertebrae, reports a study in the December issue of ...

Doctors conducted a rare and unusual spine surgery to replace the lumbar disc of an international patient from Nigeria, Africa. Dr Rajesh Kumar Verma, Director Orthopaedics, Joint Replacement and ...

Lumbar retrolisthesis in aging spine: What are the associated factors? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28632553/ Share this article Medically reviewed by Daniel Wiznia, MD — Written by Peter ...

Retrolistheses are typically found in the cervical spine (shoulder and neck region), lumbar region (lower back and pelvis), and thoracic spine (stomach region), although this is less common.