Spinal stenosis refers to the narrowing of the spinal canal, which is the space in the center of the vertebrae containing the spinal cord and nerve roots. At its most severe or final stage — known as ...

Surgical treatments for spinal stenosis include laminectomy, discectomy, and spinal fusion. A doctor may recommend surgery for spinal stenosis in severe cases or if nonsurgical methods do not help ...

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 ...