Anthony A. McPherron, MD, has joined the medical staffs of LewisGale Hospital Pulaski (Va.) and LewisGale Hospital Montgomery in Blacksburg, Va., according to a report by The Southwest Times.
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TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., has opened the $3.5 million Joint and Spine Center, according to a Nashville Business Journal report.
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Spine surgeon researchers led by Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, conducted a study to develop a widely accepted, comprehensive thoracolumbar spine injury classification system and then published their results in Spine.
Monica C. Wehby, MD, a neurosurgeon based in Portland, Ore., announced she would resign her post on the American Association of Neurological Surgeons board of directors to run for the United States Senate.
Baxano Surgical has received a U.S. patent for the direct visual approach of the VEO Lateral Access and Interbody Fusion System.
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An independent study looked at the Kiva VCF Treatment System by Benvenue Medical in comparison to the balloon kyphoplasty and found fewer new fractures and half the cement used than the balloon kyphoplasty.