A pars fracture ­— also called spondylolysis — is a break in the pars interarticularis, a narrow area of bone connecting two vertebrae in the spine. It typically occurs in the lumbar spine (lower back ...

Ninety-five percent of adolescent athletes with lumbar spine stress fractures recovered without surgery, according to research from New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery presented at the ...

At this year's American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) annual meeting, investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) presented several significant studies, two of which could lead to ...

Minimally invasive robot-assisted pars fracture surgery enabled most adolescent patients to return to sports in as little as six weeks, researchers with New York City-based Hospital for Special ...

PARAMUS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the world’s leading academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health, has established a multidisciplinary Spine Center in ...

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery has been in operation for more than 160 years, and in 2025 alone surgeons have performed more than 45,000 orthopedic cases, according to data shared by ...

Hospital for Special Surgery (New York). For three consecutive years — 2015, 2016 and 2017 — Healthgrades named Hospital for Special Surgery as one of the top 100 hospitals in America for spine ...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spine surgeons at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) reported promising findings for adolescent athletes suffering from pars fracture, a common cause of adolescent back pain ...