Healio

Majority of FDA advisory committee finds anular closure device unsafe for prevention of disc reherniation

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee of the FDA had mixed ...
Healio

Annular closure device may reduce recurrence, reoperation of lumbar disc herniation

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Published results showed lumbar microdiscectomy with a bone-anchored annular closure device for treatment of ...
News4Jax

New procedure heals torn discs -- no spinal fusion needed

PHILADELPHIA, Pa – When back pain doesn’t quit, many patients face a spinal fusion but now, a new biologic solution repairs torn discs and eliminates pain. Between 60% and 80% of all Americans will ...
WNDU

Medical Moment: A new treatment for lower back pain

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - Between 60 and 80 percent of all Americans will have lower back pain at some point in their lives. Annular tears are often the culprit of persistent back pain. Annular tears ...
Major League Soccer

The Crew place goalkeeper Jonny Walker on the season-ending reserve

The Columbus Crew announced today that goalkeeper Jonny Walker has been placed on the season-ending injured reserve due to a lower back injury. Walker suffered an anular tear in the L5/S1 lumbar disc ...