STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The evolution of spine surgery in the past decade has allowed for the development of new techniques that make it possible to make smaller and smaller incisions ...

When Cheryl Trevithick was dealing with chronic neck pain from a disc herniation, her husband learned about a solution that made perfect sense to his engineering-wired brain: cervical disc replacement ...

For decades, anterior cervical discectomy fusion has been the gold-standard surgery to relieve pain from a herniated disc in the neck, but a new procedure is delivering better outcomes and reducing ...

DEBORAH: AND TONIGHT’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR, A LOOK AT ARTIFICIAL DISC REPLACEMENT SURGERY. IT CAN CAUSE TERRIBLE PAIN AND NERVE PAIN GOING DOWN THE ARM. MERCY MEDICAL CENTER DOCTOR CHARLES EDWARDS II, SAYS ...

Spine surgeons are reporting that artificial disc replacement works as well and often better than spinal fusion surgery. The two procedures are performed on patients with damaged discs in the neck.

If you have neck pain or stiffness, that sometimes travels down your shoulders or arms… You may be a candidate for cervical disk replacement surgery. Also known as C-D-R, the surgery helps to relieve ...

X Japan plans are a bit in flux at the moment, as the band's drummer Yoshiki is planning to undergo emergency cervical artificial disc replacement surgery on May 16 in Los Angeles. That has led to a ...

Wayne Wiggins hopes surgery on Thursday will finally cure the pain he has endured since his car was rear-ended more than six years ago. It will be the third cervical procedure for Wiggins. This time, ...