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Frank Acosta, MD, director of spine deformity in the department of neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, has successfully treated a patient with Gorham-Stout syndrome, a condition that only has 200 known cases worldwide. Gorham-Stout syndrome erodes bones…
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Peter DeLuca, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the Rothman Institute in Philadelphia, recently performed surgery on Philadelphia Eagles safety Nate Allen's ruptured right patellar tendon, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer news report.
The NFL Charities have granted more than $1.6 million to support sports-related medical research to 16 institutions' funds for research and development aimed at spinal cord and concussion injury prevention and treatment, according to various sources.
Minimally invasive surgery for decompression using a flexible microblade shaver system is an effective way to perform facet preserving decompression for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis, according to an article published in Spine.
Borhan Al-Atassi, MD, a neurosurgeon, has joined the staff of Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass., according to a report from The Berkshires.