Adjacent Segment Disease (ASD) and Adjacent Segment Degeneration (ASDeg) are common complications following lumbar fusion ... preoperative adjacent intervertebral disc degeneration[1].

Some evidence has suggested that Modic changes may be the result of an inflammatory response to the intervertebral ...

The desire for a minimally invasive technique to restore intervertebral disc height for indirect decompression and sagittal ...

the body may respond to the degeneration of the intervertebral discs by forming bony growths called osteophytes or bone spurs. These growths can develop along the edges of the vertebrae and other ...