Surgery for Your Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Patients? Maybe NotSurgery for Your Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Patients? Maybe Not
The largest study to date comparing the long-term outcomes of surgery vs nonsurgical treatment for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis found no significant difference in benefits after 8 years. Medscape Orthopedics (Source: Medscape Orthopaedics Headlines)
Source: Medscape Orthopaedics Headlines - September 18, 2015 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Orthopaedics Article Source Type: news
Researchers show effectiveness of non-surgical treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis
Patients with spinal stenosis experienced good short term benefit, lasting from weeks to months, after receiving epidural steroid injections. These findings contradict a previously published study that found epidural steroid injections were not helpful in spinal stenosis cases. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - September 4, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Researchers show effectiveness of non-surgical treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis
(Boston University Medical Center) Patients with spinal stenosis experienced good short term benefit, lasting from weeks to months, after receiving epidural steroid injections. These findings, which appear in a letter in the journal Pain Medicine, contradict a previously published New England Journal Medicine study that found epidural steroid injections were not helpful in spinal stenosis cases. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 4, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Medtech approvals: FDA releases May 2015 PMAs
The FDA today released its list of the pre-market approvals it granted for medical devices in May 2015:
Summary of PMA Originals & Supplements Approved
Originals: 5
Supplements: 51
Summary of PMA Originals Under Review
Total Under Review: 55
Total Active: 26
Total On Hold: 29
Summary of PMA Supplements Under Review
Total Under Review: 547
Total Active: 379
Total On Hold: 168
Summary of All PMA Submissions
Originals: 1
Supplements: 62
Summary of PMA Supplement PMA Approval/Denial Decision Times
Number of Approvals: 51
Number of Denials: 0
Average Days Fr Receipt to Decision (Total Time): 109.5
FDA Time: 86.4 D...
Source: Mass Device - August 6, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Regulatory/Compliance Source Type: news
Central Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Do Epidural Steroids Help?Central Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Do Epidural Steroids Help?
The benefits of epidural steroids for patients with central lumbar spinal stenosis are small at best, an expert asserts. Yet their use in Medicare patients has grown nearly 300% over a 7-year period. Medscape Orthopedics (Source: Medscape Orthopaedics Headlines)
Source: Medscape Orthopaedics Headlines - July 24, 2015 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Orthopaedics Article Source Type: news
Vertiflex opens $5m funding round
Spinal technology firm VertiFlex opened a $5 million debt funding round, according to an SEC filing posted yesterday.
San Clamente, Calif.-based Vertiflex already raised most of the funds, pulling in $4.8 million with $200,000 left for the round.
The funding came from 7 unnamed investors this round, according to the filing. The company has not disclosed how the funds will be used.
In May, Vertiflex won pre-market approval from the FDA for its Superion interspinous spacer for treating moderate lumbar spinal stenosis.
VertiFlex’s device is designed to be implanted in the spine through a minimally invasive procedure to rel...
Source: Mass Device - July 17, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Business/Financial News Implants Spinal VertiFlex Inc. Source Type: news
Consumer Information on: Superion InterSpinous Spacer - P140004
The Superion InterSpinous Spacer (Superion Spacer) is a small H-shaped implant that is designed to reduce symptoms of moderate degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis. The device fits between two adjacent bones (spinous processes) in the lower back... (Source: Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA): CDRHNew)
Source: Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA): CDRHNew - June 18, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Assessing Patient-Rated Outcome in Spinal StenosisAssessing Patient-Rated Outcome in Spinal Stenosis
How do these instruments compare in terms of assessing outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis? Spine (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 9, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Orthopaedics Journal Article Source Type: news
Choice of Surgical Treatments for Lumbar Spinal StenosisChoice of Surgical Treatments for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
This review examines the main points for or against various surgical treatment modalities for lumbar spinal stenosis. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 3, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Orthopaedics Journal Article Source Type: news
Paradigm Spine, LLC Announces The Publication Of Long-term Results Of Level 1 Data For coflex(R) Interlaminar Stabilization(R)
NEW YORK, May 12, 2015 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Paradigm Spine, LLC, a leader in providing solutions for the treatment of advanced degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis announces publication on May 11, 2015 by Hyun Bae, M.D., et al of &q... Devices, Orthopaedic, NeurosurgeryParadigm Spine, coflex, Interlaminar Stabilization (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - May 12, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Physical therapy as good as surgery and less risky for one type of lower back pain
One type of lower back pain, called lumbar spinal stenosis, is sometimes treated with surgery. But physical therapy works just as well, and comes with fewer unwanted complications — some of them life-threatening — than surgery, according to a study published yesterday in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Stenosis means narrowing. In lumbar spinal stenosis, the space inside the lowest part of the spinal canal has narrowed. This puts pressure on the spinal cord and the nerves extending from the lumbar vertebrae, the five bones between the rib cage and the pelvis that make up the lower part of the spine.
Spinal stenosis usuall...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - April 9, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Howard LeWine, M.D. Tags: Back Pain Pain Management lower back pain lumbar spinal stenosis physical therapy Source Type: news
Physiotherapy may work just as well as surgery for chronic back pain
Physiotherapy regime was just as effective as surgery at controlling the pain of lumbar spinal stenosis - the leading cause of back pain among older people - University of Pittsburg researchers found. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Physical Therapy Equals Surgery for Certain Lower Back Pain, Study Says
Less risky treatment viable for older patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - April 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Physical Therapy Equals Surgery for Certain Lower Back Pain, Study Says
Less risky treatment viable for older patients with lumbar spinal stenosis
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Back Pain, Rehabilitation, Spinal Stenosis (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - April 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Outcomes in Lumbar Decompression Surgery for Spinal StenosisOutcomes in Lumbar Decompression Surgery for Spinal Stenosis
How do elderly patients fare after undergoing lumbar decompression for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis? Spine (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Orthopaedics Journal Article Source Type: news
