Carle Foundation Hospital’s 1st neurosurgeon Dr. Jerome Kaufman dies
Jerome Kaufman, MD, Urbana, Ill.-based Carle Foundation Hospital’s first neurosurgeon, passed away at age 81. He served as chief of the neurosurgery department until 2002, which then included 10 neurosurgeons. He also served as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War.
Life Spine’s LONGBOW Expandable Lateral Spacer System used in 1st cases
The LONGBOW Expandable Lateral Spacer System is the first interbody on the market that expands laterally in-situ for a direct lateral approach. Zeshan Hyder, DO, a spine surgeon at the Bone and Joint Specialists in Merrillville, Ind., was one of the first surgeons to use the system.
ACDF for adjacent segment disease is clinically valuable and cost effective
Clinical Spine Surgery published a study investigating the clinical outcomes and cost utility of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for treating adjacent segment disease. ACDF improved ASD patients’ neck and arm pain, physical and mental quality of life, neck disability index and Zung depression score outcome measurements. The surgery for ASD had a mean two-year cost per QALY gain of $60,526.
Benvenue Medical’s Luna 3D Interbody Fusion System hits 500th surgery milestone
Richard Fessler, MD, PhD, of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, performed the 500th case using Luna 3D Interbody Fusion System. Santa Clara, Calif.-based Benvenue Medical designed the system for posterior lumbar interbody spinal fusion. It is comprised of a PEEK implant.
Barrow Neurological Institute collaborates with ASU law for spine & brain research
The Lisa Family Foundation Innovation Grant teamed up Phoenix-based Barrow Neurological Institute residents with Tempe-based Arizona State University law students to develop brain and spine medical device patents. The multi-year grant funds residents’ brain and spine research.
Neurosurgery publishes report on 1st Neuro-Spinal Scaffold implantation
The report offers details about the first patient’s experience in the INSPIRE study, outlining the clinical presentation, surgery and postoperative improvement. Nicholas Theodore, MD, of Phoenix-based Barrow Neurological Institute and lead author of the article, commented the first patient has experienced “notable” improvement.
Electronic tasks increase risk of physician burnout
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic researchers studied the impact of electronic health records and computerized physician order entry on physicians. The researchers found EHRs and computerized physician order entries result in decreased physician satisfaction. Family medicine physicians, urologists, otolaryngologists and neurologists had the lowest satisfaction with clerical burden.
Medtech sells 6 ROSA Brain robots in US, China, England & France
Montpellier, France-based Medtech sold six more ROSA Brain robots. Medtech sold two ROSA Brain robots in the United States, two robots in China, one robot in England and one robot in France.
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