Alliance Orthopedics is excited to welcome Dr. Gino Chiappetta, M.D., to its team of distinguished providers. Gino Chiappetta brings over 18 years of excellence in delivering elite spine care. We are ...

The Lown Institute called out dozens of hospitals for performing unnecessary surgeries on Medicare beneficiaries with low back pain, putting patients at risk of serious complications with no evidence ...

Lown researchers found that U.S. hospitals performed more than 200,000 unnecessary back surgeries on Medicare beneficiaries over a three-year period — wasting more than $1.9 billion in Medicare funds.

Source: Wikimedia Commons and Piotr Bodzek, M.D. If you’ve ever stared at a C5 palsy after a “perfect” cervical decompression and wondered, “Why, spine gods, why?” — this one’s for you. C5 palsy ...

The following is a transcript of the podcast episode: Rachael Robertson: Hey, everybody, welcome to MedPod Today, the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's ...

U.S. hospitals have performed more than 200,000 unnecessary vertebroplasty, spinal fusion and laminectomy operations since 2020, costing Medicare nearly $2 billion, according to research from the Lown ...

Medical malpractice: Suit alleges that during a cervical laminectomy procedure, health care providers negligently caused spinal cord injury through improper surgical technique and inadequate resident ...

Amy Schumer is on the mend following surgery. Schumer, 44, stood proudly with a walker while at home Saturday in a snap shared with her millions of Instagram followers. The "Trainwreck" actress ...

Comedian Amy Schumer revealed she is recovering from back surgery, sharing updates on social media Friday while posing with a walker. The “Kinda Pregnant” star underwent a laminectomy procedure to ...

Laminectomy is a surgical intervention frequently employed to alleviate symptoms associated with spinal stenosis, characterized by the narrowing of the spinal canal and resultant nerve compression.

Deb Steiner, unit assistant at McLaren Greater Lansing, strives to make a difference in the lives of her patients and improve their experience while at the hospital. However, chronic back pain, which ...