A tweet from a Tennessee neurosurgeon has received more than 170,000 "likes" for sharing an operating room hack that would benefit anyone who wears eyeglasses, CTV News reports.
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NuVasive on Nov. 18 launched Cohere XLIF, a porous PEEK interbody intended for extreme lateral interbody fusion and X360 surgeries.
Orthopedic surgeon Scott Dube, MD, plans to move into a new multimillion dollar facility in Hermitage, Tenn., local news outlet Main Street Nashville reports.
A woman has died after being struck by a car Nov. 9 in the parking lot of Athens (Ga.) Spine Center, the Athens Banner-Herald reports.
Renowned spinal neurosurgeon John Collis Jr., MD, died at his home Nov. 10 at 89 years old, according to The National Herald.
Aziyo Biologics is providing spine device company Surgalign Holdings with its ViBone Moldable cell bone matrix for distribution in the U.S.
Memphis, Tenn.-based Jeffrey Sawyer, MD, is taking a novel approach to treating spinal deformities, local news affiliate WMC5 reports.
A landmark clinical trial was announced in November when a $9 million grant was provided for the first human study using stem cells to treat a spinal disorder that occurs in babies in the womb.
Chanland Roonprapunt, MD, PhD, is a neurosurgeon and spine surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.
Voters approved a proposition to provide $5.5 billion for stem cell research by the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine, according to a Nov. 13 press release.