A 72 year-old woman presented with progressive pain, weakness and sensory loss in the left leg. Her examination showed weakness of ankle and toe dorsiflexion as well as ankle eversion on the left.

The goal of decompressive laminectomy is to relieve pressure on the thecal sac and exiting nerve roots, while preventing instability. It is a technically demanding operation because of hypertrophic ...

A 58 year-old woman developed right neck and shoulder pain followed by paresthesias down the right arm. Two weeks later, she noted her right foot was limping. On examination, her right biceps reflex ...