Karla Flores was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor. An misplaced MRI found a second, nearly inoperable, tumor on her spine.

There are several forms of spinal decompression surgery that spine surgeons may perform to relieve pressure on the spinal cord and nerves in the neck. One such procedure is a cervical laminoplasty.

Decompression neck surgery for patients with spinal stenosis A cervical laminectomy removes small bony structures (the spinous process and lamina) from one or more vertebrae of the neck region of the ...

Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria ...

The vertebral column, or backbone, is made up of 33 vertebrae that are separated by spongy disks. The spine is divided into 4 areas: Cervical spine. The first 7 vertebrae, located in the neck Thoracic ...

RA in the back usually affects the cervical spine, which refers to the top seven vertebrae, including the neck. However, RA can also affect other areas of the spine, such as the lumbar region in ...

To determine the frequency of apical and cervical curvatures in human molars using the radius ... was seen more frequently in proximal view images. Proximal radiographs revealed greater mean ...

Great news for women's health. The FDA has approved Teal Wand, the first at-home cervical cancer screening test. This test detects HPV, a major cause of cervical cancer. Women aged 25-65 can use it.

This framework was tested using three distinct types of datasets of CT images of the spine. Results show that the SIM completely eliminated the inter-process overlap while improving the segmentation ...

ADRX-0706, a Nectin-4-targeted antibody-drug conjugate, has earned FDA fast track designation in advanced cervical cancer. The FDA has granted fast track designation to ADRX-0706 for the treatment of ...

Background Clinical decision rules (CDRs) are commonly used to guide imaging decisions in cervical spine injury (CSI) assessment despite limited evidence for their use in paediatric populations. We ...