Columnist Leigh Anne Nelson, usually described as calm, acknowledges a little anxiety about getting her next MRI.

Neurosurgery experts from UCSF Health will present new research and clinical findings at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, April 25-28.

Because many times vertebral fracture is in the thoracic spine ... whereby a surgeon has access to the anterior column, navigates that access, the PA closes while the surgeon operates on the ...

New bone formation of the vertebral column is pathognomonic for ankylosing spondylitis ... Recent MRI studies have shown that the lower half of the thoracic spine is most commonly affected in AS.

These bones help provide mobility and stability to your back and spinal column and are an attachment point for many muscles and ligaments. The lumbar region is located between the thoracic (chest) ...

There are different types of myelopathy named after the part of the spinal column affected ... by aging-related spinal degeneration. Thoracic myelopathy is compression of the spinal cord in the ...

All 12 ribs articulate to the vertebral column with two gliding type synovial joints ... Transverse process fractures of the thoracic spine at level 5–9 (Th5-9) on the left side and lumbar spine level ...

Nevertheless, the prognosis is more favourable when the deformity is in the thoracic spine than when it is in the thoracolumbar area. Though the exact cause of Scheuermann’s disease is unknown ...

Steven Ringold, DVM, DACVR, discusses his Fetch On-Demand lecture and what attendees can learn from it.