Memorial Hospital hosted the first U.S. surgery using Signus USA’s VertaConnect spinal implant system. The procedure was performed July 3 by spinal surgeon Ngoc-Lam Nguyen, MD. The VertaConnect system ...

New research from the University of Sydney reveals surgically implanted spinal cord stimulators—a common treatment for lower back pain which aims to disrupt pain signals traveling to the brain—are ...

Spinal cord stimulators are electrical devices that are surgically implanted in the body to treat long-term pain. They have a battery pack and leads that deliver electrical impulses directly to the ...

CLEVELAND — Four years after a distracted driver ran an intersection and shattered his pelvis, David Dunham was still living in a wheelchair, still unable to sleep through the night, and still being ...

A collaboration between civil engineering and neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh could change how spinal fusion surgery is performed and monitored. Associate Professors Amir Alavi, Nitin ...

Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger—able to stand and walk more easily—when an implanted device zapped their spinal cord. On Wednesday, researchers ...

Patients say a popular pain relief procedure left them paralyzed or seriously injured after undergoing treatment at Nura Pain Clinic in Edina. Kevin Prybilla of Blaine received the spinal cord ...

Daniel Joggi, now in his seventies, has been a lifelong skiing enthusiast. But after an accident on a ski slope left him quadriplegic decades ago, he was forced to give up his passion. Spinal cord ...