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Kaixuan Liu, MD, chief surgeon at Atlantic Spinal Care in Edison, N.J., now treats cervical disc hernations with endoscopic cervical discectomy to avoid open spinal fusions, according to an Atlantic Spinal Care news release.

Gary Fischetti was recently named the company group chairman for the DePuy Family of Companies, including DePuy Orthopaedics, DePuy Spine and DePuy Mitek, according to a company news release.

Brian Subach, MD, a spine surgeon at the Virginia Spine Institute (VSI) and director of research for both VSI and the non-profit Spinal Research Foundation, discusses three areas of important research for spine surgery in 2011.

The North Carolina Blue Cross Blue Shield has agreed to change the recently implemented lumbar fusion policy after several orthopedic and spine societies sent the company a letter recommending coverage for additional situations, according to a Spine Arthroplasty Society news…

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