A new study of patients who received fusion surgery for spondylolisthesis in the lumbar spine 30 years ago shows the benefits of reduced back pain have lasted into adulthood, according to a Medical News report.
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Jean-Louis Benae, MD, joined the Hattiesburg (Miss.) Clinic neurological surgery department, according to a clinic news release.
Soccer players should spend 72-96 hours recovering between soccer matches in order to maintain their level of physical performance and participate in one match per week to maintain a low injury rate, according to a study published in The American…
Emory University orthopedic surgeon, Robert Bruce, MD, is offering patients a procedure that lengthens limbs using the Intramedullary Skeletal Kinetic Distractor, an implant approved by the FDA in 2001, according to a report by Michigan's WJRT-TV.
San Jose, Calif.-based SpineAlign Medical has enrolled its first patient in the European Observational Registry for the VerteLift System, according to a SpineAlign news release.
"Dr. Ty" Thaiyananthan, MD, is a neurosurgeon, researcher and the co-medical director for the Southern California Center for Neuroscience and Spine (SCCNS) at Chapman Medical Center in Orange, Calif., an outpatient department providing treatment for spinal and cranial surgery, which…
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has approved a new clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infections, according to AAOS Now.
Kathie Stewart, administrator of Cascade Spine Center in Tualatin, Ore., discusses three ways the spine center recruits spine specialists.
Founder of San Francisco Spine Center Kenneth Light, MD, recently became one of the only physicians in the United States to successfully reverse a spinal fusion. Spinal fusions were thought to be permanent procedures, until recently, and many fusions severely…
Pediatric Orthopaedics of Southwest Florida, based in Fort Myers, opened a second office in Naples, Fla., according to a practice news release.