Unlike traditional spinal surgeries that require large incisions, muscle disruption, and prolonged recovery times, Dr. Melamed's muscle-sparing technique combines advanced imaging and microscopic ...

The thoracic spine is made up of 12 vertebrae—called T1 to T12—accompanied by 12 vertebral discs, and 12 pairs of spinal nerve roots also servicing the arms and hands as well as the chest, abdomen, ...

and long thoracic nerves. These nerves originate proximally soon after the nerve roots exit the spinal column, and they are important for proper upper extremity, shoulder, and diaphragm function ...

The itching (and other symptoms) are caused by a pinched nerve root, usually in your neck (cervical spine) but possibly in the upper back (thoracic spine). Nerves from the spinal cord travel through ...

leading to spinal cord or nerve root compression. We present a case of a 37-year-old obese male who developed fluctuating paraplegia secondary to SEL. The patient initially presented with ascending ...

cervical spinal disease and thoracic spinal disease; the corresponding ICD-9-CM codes are listed in (online supplementary appendix 1). We divided the study cohort into discectomy and laminectomy ...

Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the effects of the exogenous overexpression of nerve growth factors NT-3 and IGF-1 on the recovery of nerve function after spinal cord injury (SCI) ...