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The anatomy of the thoracic spine

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD Key Takeaways The thoracic spine is made up of 12 bones that attach to your ribs ...
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Dr. Frank Phillips is First in the World to Use Augmented Reality Surgical Guidance in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush announced today that Dr. Frank Phillips, Professor and Director of the Division of Spine Surgery and the Section of Minimally Invasive Spine ...
UC San Francisco

New Imaging System a "First" for Spine Surgery in the Western United States

The UCSF Spine Center recently acquired a new imaging system that will assist surgeons in navigation techniques and help the center expand and enhance surgical procedures. The technology is the first ...
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First Augmented Reality Spine Surgery Using FDA-Cleared Augmedics xvision™ Spine System Completed in U.S.

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Augmedics, a pioneer in augmented reality surgical image guidance, has announced its groundbreaking xvision Spine System has been successfully used for the first time in a ...
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Spinal Stenosis

Spinal stenosis refers to narrowing of the vertebral or spinal canal which encloses the spinal cord and spinal nerves. It may result in compression of these nerves leading to pain, numbness, tingling ...
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Human-like spine morphology found in aquatic eel fossil

For decades, scientists believed that a spine with multiple segments was an exclusive feature of land-dwelling animals. But the discovery of the same anatomical feature in a 345-million-year-old eel ...