The table is placed in a slight reverse Trendelenburg position, which decreases neck vein engorgement and allows the skin and body fat in the upper chest to fall away from the intended site of the ...

The patient was extremely comfortable throughout the surgery without any pain. A 33-year-old patient, who had suffering from pain, tingling, and hearing in the lower back for a long time, after ...

Lockdown has set a new normal with an increasing number of individuals being exposed to unaccustomed activities and timeout from their routine schedule. Whether that be sitting for long hours in the ...

Surgeons at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Quezon City recently implanted prosthetic discs in the cervical spine of a 32-year-old patient, successfully performing a groundbreaking surgery that could ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 70-year-old active dentist and pharmacist with chronic lower back pain. My MRI shows a compressed/extruded disc in contact with a specific nerve. It is extruded by 5 mm. I know ...

During the past decade, lateral lumbar interbody fusion has increasingly gained popularity as a minimally invasive surgical approach. Lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) allows the surgeon to ...