Spinal Diseases

• Latest News
• FDA Approves Artificial Disc; Another Alternative to Treat Low Back Pain (10/26/2004, Food and Drug Administration)

• Anatomy/Physiology
• Anatomy of the Spine (American Association of Neurological Surgeons)
• Spine (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Computed Tomography (CT): Spine (Radiological Society of North America)
• Glossary of Orthopaedic Diagnostic Tests (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): Spine (Radiological Society of North America)
• Myelogram (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
  Also available in: Spanish
• What You Should Know about Your Spine X-Ray (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)

• Treatment
• FDA Approves Artificial Disc; Another Alternative to Treat Low Back Pain (Food and Drug Administration)
• FDA Approves First Device to Utilize Genetically Engineered Protein to Treat Degenerative Disc Disease (Food and Drug Administration)
• Lumbar Zygapophysial (Facet) Joint Injections (North American Spine Society)
• Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation: Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty (North American Spine Society)
• Spinal Fusion (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• Vertebroplasty (Radiological Society of North America)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Spinal Diseases (National Institutes of Health)

• Specific Conditions
• Adult Isthmic Spondylolisthesis (Slipped Vertebra) (North American Spine Society)
• Bone Spurs (Osteophytes) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM) (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Degenerative Changes in the Spine (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Kyphosis (Curvature of the Spine) (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• Postprocedural Discitis (North American Spine Society)
• Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)

• Research
• Complications Related to the Use of Bone Cement in Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty Procedures (Center for Devices and Radiological Health)

• Directories
• Find an Orthopaedist (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• Spine Care Finder (North American Spine Society)

• Organizations
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
  Also available in: Spanish