Tag: CSRS
Single-level anterior cervical discectomy: A “solid alternative” to fusion or arthroplasty
Results of a double-blinded randomised controlled trial indicate that anterior cervical disc arthroplasty (ACDA) does not lead to a superior outcome in comparison to...
Cervical decompression surgery found to improve gait and function in adult...
A new study has found that after cervical decompression surgery, cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) patients exhibited improved gait pattern, spatiotemporal parameters, spine and lower...
Use of opioids before surgery hinders post-surgical improvements
New results suggest that patients treated with chronic opioids prior to spine surgery are “significantly less likely” to achieve meaningful improvements at one-year in...
SMaRT human neural stem cells found to degrade scar and optimise...
Researchers at the University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada) have released “exciting” proof-of-concept data that genetically-engineered SMaRT cells can degrade CSPGs in vitro and that...
