The rates of death after emergency spine fracture surgery in older adults are high, but how do they compare to emergency surgeries for other common fractures in older adults, such as hip fractures?

PLATTEKILL — An autopsy has found that a skydiving instructor was incapacitated by a premature chute inflation during an accident that killed him and his student. The Dutchess County medical examiner ...

Zebrafish are members of a rarefied group of vertebrates capable of fully healing a severed spinal cord. Now, a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis using a zebrafish ...

Complications from a spine fracture killed an elderly man who died after a fight in a local nursing home, an autopsy report released Thursday says. The Pima County Sheriff's Department is ...

A bruised spine, or spinal contusion, can be a serious injury that may cause disability. It can occur due to trauma damaging the tissue of the spine, resulting in bleeding, inflammation, and pain. The ...