According to a new national coverage determination, CMS said Medicare will not reimburse percutaneous image-guided lumbar decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis patients. CMS officials said spinal ...

More than 20,000 patients have been treated with a minimally invasive procedure designed to relieve pain from lumbar stenosis. Now, one company is using Fitbits in a trial to measure improvements in ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – If you suffer from nerve pain caused by spinal stenosis, you may benefit from a relatively new, minimally invasive procedure that helps create space for your spinal cord ...

Narrowing of the spinal canal can make standing and walking unbearable. The chances of getting lumbar spinal stenosis increases with age. Options include pain medications, steroid injections and ...

A new study published in Spine examines the utilization of ambulatory surgical procedures for intervertebral disc disorders and spinal stenosis from 1994 to 2006 in the United States. The researchers ...

Park City, Utah-based Southwest Spine & Pain Center is now offering the Minuteman procedure for spinal stenosis, St. George News reports. 1. Designed by Spinal Simplicity, Minuteman treats lumbar ...

Q: My wife is 77 and has spinal stenosis. She's often in pain. We read about a new procedure called "minimally invasive lumbar decompression," which we are hoping might help. She really wants to avoid ...

A neurosurgeon says there is a new procedure that has been shown to reduce back pain for patients suffering from spinal stenosis and is considered an alternative to spinal fusion surgery. TOPS, which ...

A commonly-used medical procedure spinal injection of a mixture of lidocaine and anti-inflammatory steroid has been shown to be no more effective in relieving certain symptoms of back problems than ...

Philadelphia, Pa. (May 7, 2013) - Interspinous spacer implantation—a less-invasive alternative surgical option for spinal stenosis—has a lower complication rate than spinal fusion, reports a study in ...

Bernard Uhlmann and Karen Nagel both know what it’s like to live with spinal stenosis in Southwest Florida. “Really severe pain in my legs limiting my ability to walk,” Uhlmann said. It’s a condition ...

The Teaneck-based health care provider announced April 5 it completed the first ultrasound renal denervation procedure in New Jersey. The minimally invasive outpatient treatment aims to significantly ...