High school football and construction work have taken their toll on Justin Loebel's back. Though he is just 43, Loebel has ...

Persistent back pain after surgery typically stems from incomplete nerve decompression, scar tissue formation, or adjacent ...

Spine surgery is increasingly defined by a tension few outside the field fully see: the collision of clinical complexity and economic constraint. For surgeons like Oliver Tannous, MD, an orthopedic ...

According to the North American Community Hub Statistics (NCHstats), back pain affects four in every five people in the United States. The discomfort and loss of mobility that it causes result in 264 ...

Pioneering surgeon has run afoul of Fairview Health Services, though, which suspended his hospital privileges amid an investigation of his patient care. Dr. Hamid Abbasi liked what he saw from the ...

Surgery for spinal stenosis of the neck aims to relieve compression and improve symptoms. Spinal stenosis is a compression of nerves in the spine. The condition most commonly affects the lumbar spine, ...

Traditional fee-for-service has been predominant despite long-term conversations about value-based care. But the latter model ...