From top to bottom, these are: The cervical spine (the neck) – the first seven vertabrae located just below the skull The thoracic spine – the 12 vertabrae of the upper back The lumbar spine – the ...

The condition can occur in the cervical spine (neck), thoracic spine (mid back) or the lumbar spine (lower back). Cervical and lumbar stenosis are the most common forms, with lumbar spinal stenosis ...

Gil, a resident of the Dominican Republic, had struggled with a thoracic disc herniation for 10 years. His herniated disc had calcified, turning to bone, and it pressed on his spinal cord to produce ...

In a cervical (SER-vih-kul) spine X-ray, an X-ray machine sends a beam of radiation through the neck, and an image is recorded on special film or a computer. This image includes the seven vertebrae in ...

A female was admitted to a Major Trauma Centre with an isolated thoracic spine stab injury involving a retained knife. The patient was haemodynamically stable with an unremarkable peripheral ...

The condition usually affects the axial skeleton, in particular, at the thoracic segment, though also other portions of the spine are often involved. DISH often involves also peripheral tendinous ...

Alleviate pain and stiffness, prevent injury, and improve performance all by using these thoracic spine exercises! Get the ...

At NYU Langone Health’s Division of Thoracic Surgery, our faculty provide advanced surgical and nonsurgical therapies for patients with thoracic diseases, as well as investigate new surgical ...

In 2020, the department created a six-year Thoracic Surgery Integrated Residency Program, leveraging the strengths of our long-established training programs in cardiothoracic surgery and general ...

The Texas Heart Institute/Baylor College of Medicine Thoracic Surgery (Independent) Fellowship Program has a pioneering tradition and a continuing spirit of innovation in cardiothoracic surgery. The ...