Code Blue is a medical emergency. Code Blue means a life-or-death situation. Pain radiated through my body in waves. The epicentre, in my lower back, felt like a fiery knot pulling everything inward.

Spine surgery is increasingly defined by a tension few outside the field fully see: the collision of clinical complexity and economic constraint. For surgeons like Oliver Tannous, MD, an orthopedic ...

Bayan Aghdasi, MD, performed the first spine surgery integrating both Apple Vision Pro and Stryker’s Q navigation in the San Diego region, according to a March 19 email shared with Becker’s. The ...

High school football and construction work have taken their toll on Justin Loebel's back. Though he is just 43, Loebel has already undergone fusion surgery to alleviate chronic back pain. It didn't ...

Kevin Owens is 8 months removed from neck fusion surgery, but will he be able to return to the ring any time soon?

Justin Thomas returns to competition after months recovering from microdiscectomy surgery. He’ll make his comeback with Atlanta Drive at TGL, not the PGA TOUR yet. Thomas used innovative ...

Thomas underwent a microdiscectomy in November to address pain in his lower back. The 16-time PGA Tour winner last played competitively at the Ryder Cup in September. Justin Thomas' return from back ...

Autodesk's Annaka Ketterer, a Community Specialist at Fusion 360, reflects on the transformative journey Fusion has embarked upon over the past year. Throughout 2025, we continued to break new ground, ...

The question is no longer whether patients use cannabis — it’s what it means for their surgical outcomes. A recent study takes a closer look at this very issue in patients undergoing elective lumbar ...

For billions of years, the sun reigned supreme as the only fusion reactor in our solar system, leveraging its immense gravitational pressure and intense heat to overcome an atomic nuclei’s natural ...

Lindsey Vonn revealed she is set to undergo a fifth surgery since her crash in a touching post about her late dog. Vonn, the 2010 Olympic downhill champion, was set to be one of the stories of the ...

The literal front line of the most serious and important battles against post-op spine pain and opioid use is revision spine surgery.