You may have seen individuals with scoliosis and wondered what it was. Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine that most often is diagnosed in adolescents. Most cases of scoliosis are mild, but some curves
Spinal fusion is one of the most common surgeries performed in the back. The basic idea is to fuse painful or unstable bones in the spine so that they heal into a single, solid bone.
Cancer is always frightening, no matter where it occurs. One type of cancer that is particularly distressing is chordoma, a rare malignant bone tumor that forms in the spine or the base of the skull.