Karla Flores had a tumor strangling her spinal cord near the base of her skull. Doctors weighed whether they should attempt a ...

Our body has a spinal cord where bundles of nerves pass from the brain to the lower back. When the cervical spine (the neck ...

In a first-of-its-kind surgery, a team led by a University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) neurosurgeon has successfully ...

Neurosurgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore successfully removed a spinal cord tumor through a woman’s eye socket in a landmark case, the Washington Post reported May 4.

By the time you’re an adult, you usually have 24 movable vertebrae (instead of 33) and the rest of the bones are fused together. While most people have a straight spine, some people have additional ...

Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer ...

The prevalence of adult spinal deformity (ASD) is expected to exceed 60 million by 2050 due to an aging population and increased life expectancy. Despite advances in surgery, high complication rates ...

Orthopedic surgeon Juan Toribio, MD, and VisAR augmented-reality navigation co-inventor Wendell Gibby, MD, have performed the first-ever immersive 3D spinal surgery using augmented reality guidance ...

In a first-of-its-kind procedure, clinicians at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore removed a rare spinal tumor through a patient’s eye socket.  The patient, Karla Flores of ...

A shielding technology without lead for personnel in the cardiac catheterization laboratory conferred reductions in radiation ...

Each year, thousands of adults are diagnosed with tumors that form in the brain or spinal cord. These tumors can affect everything from how we move and think to how we feel each day. While not all ...