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Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo., successfully completed the first surgery using the Kiva VCF Treatment System in the region, according to a Sikeston Standard Democrat report.

Stryker will soon announce plans to build a new plant in Ireland, leading to the creation of hundreds of new jobs, according to an Irish Examiner report.

Allen D. Levi, MD is the chief of neurosurgery at the University of Miami Hospital, as well as chief of neurospine services and spine fellowship director at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. He is a member of the Congress of…

Christopher Bibbo, DO, DPM, FACS, FAAOS, is a board certified orthopedic surgeon and a clinical instructor in the orthopedics and rehabilitation department of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine in Madison.

Spine surgeons face a constant back-and-forth with insurance companies to gain approval for surgical procedures, which has become more difficult over the past decade with the rising cost of surgical procedures and new coverage guidelines from payers.

Reprinted with permission.   From: 1Pain Management Center of Paducah, Paducah, KY, and University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; and 2Mid Atlantic Spine & Pain Physicians, Newark, DE, and Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.

Scoliosis Research Society leaders are calling for a consensus definition for using "early onset scoliosis" to describe scoliosis development in young children. 

Howard R. Epps, MD, was elected to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons board of directors.

A new study published in Spinal Deformity examines EOS posteroanterior and anteroposterior views, comparing radiation exposure during spine surgery with standard imaging techniques.

Spine surgeon and inventor Gary Michelson, MD, received the Albert B. Sabin Humanitarian Award from the Sabine Vaccine Institute, according to a Vaccine News Daily report.