Compression fracture treatments can be surgical or nonsurgical, depending on the severity of the injury. A compression fracture typically occurs in the vertebrae (bones of the spine) and can reduce ...

Atlas fractures, involving the first cervical vertebra, represent a unique challenge in the management of upper cervical spine injuries. These injuries, often resulting from high-energy trauma such as ...

Our fat tissue could be used to make our bones regrow, with scientists successfully using adipose cells to repair spinal compression fractures. It could change how breaks are treated and improve bone ...

A laminoplasty is a type of surgery used to treat spinal cord compression in your neck. Spinal cord compression can cause symptoms such as pain and stiffness in your neck, numbness in your limbs, and ...

Inflammation that doesn’t go away can change the structure of your spine. And if you have ankylosing spondylitis (AS), there’s about a 5% to 15% chance you may have a spinal fracture at some point in ...

Your spine is made up of bones called vertebrae. The vertebrae in your neck are called cervical vertebrae, and there are 7 of them. They protect your spinal cord. A hangman's fracture is a break in ...

The Manipal Hospital neurosurgery team at Dhakuria successfully performed an exceptionally rare and life-saving operation on 56-year-old woman ...