Historically, posterior fixation and fusion have been the most popular method of internally stabilizing the cervical spine after injury. Although techniques such as wiring are effective for most ...

Dr. J. Alex Sielatycki, a fellowship-trained spine surgeon at (PMC) in Meeker, started performing surgeries using the ...

Huge, longitudinal study, with data from 1,626 cervical total disc replacement (TDR) patients from Texas Back.

Cervical myelopathy is a condition that happens when the spinal cord in the neck is compressed or ... There are two main approaches to surgery: the posterior approach, in which a portion of the ...

Meeker, Colo.-based Pioneers Medical Center now offers the TOPS system for lumbar spine surgery. The TOPS posterior arthroplasty system helps maintain stability and preserve motion. It can be used for ...

Surgical options aim to relieve pressure on the spinal cord and provide stability to the neck. Common procedures are posterior cervical laminectomy, discectomy and fusion, or corpectomy.

This article revisits the issue of posterior cervical spine instrumentation. Posterior cervical plates have become a powerful tool for spine surgeons, allowing unprecedented rigidity of the ...