Christian Yelich was in good spirits after undergoing a microdiscectomy, a procedure designed to alleviate pain and nerve issues in the patient's back. He did not, however, want to dig too deeply into ...

Endoscopic spine surgery has long been synonymous with lumbar discectomy, according to Jang Yoon, MD, director of minimally invasive spine surgery at the University of California San Francisco — but ...

Objective To assess the costs and cost-effectiveness of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) compared with open microdiscectomy among patients with sciatica. Methods This economic ...

The trend towards ambulatory surgery for procedures previously limited to the inpatient setting is well established. [6,7,8,9,10,11] Trends in spinal surgery towards less invasive approaches and ...

The Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour rekindles memories of the game’s past, but the focus is very much on financial realities of the modern game The Guardian The Daily: Red Wings GM Search Won’t be Short ...