Surgery

New treatment for 'arthritis of the spine' prevents paralysis

In a world-first, decompression surgery has been shown to be an effective procedure to treat cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) – a common progressive, degenerative disease of the spine that can lead to paralysis – ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Local vancomycin reduces infections in cervical fusion

(HealthDay)—The local application of prophylactic vancomycin significantly reduces the risk of surgical site infections in patients undergoing multilevel posterior cervical-instrumented fusions for cervical spondylotic ...