Spine

Michael Heggeness, MD, director of the spine surgery fellowship program at Baylor Clinic in Houston, was recently named the 2011-2012 president of the North American Spine Society. In this role, he will be building upon the efforts of previous leaders…

The official scientific journal of the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery and the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, The SAS Journal, recently announced editorial changes to broaden its coverage and improve content delivery, according to an…

Mazor Robotics has signed a purchasing agreement for the first Renaissance robotic spine surgery system with Richard R. M. Francis, MD, of Spine Associates of Houston and the Houston Orthopedic and Spine Hospital (formerly Foundation Surgical Hospital in Bellaire, Texas),…

Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusions provide a shorter hospital length of stay, reduced postoperative narcotic use and quicker return to work than the traditional open procedure, according to a study published in the Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques.

Surgeons can safely reduce prevertebral soft tissue swelling and odynophagia after anterior cervical discectomy and fusions by using the retropharyngeal local steroid, according to a new study published in Spine.

Distraction forces can increase after repeating growing-rod lengthening and the length obtained at each procedures has a decreasing trend, according to a study published in Spine.

The Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center at Oregon Health & Sciences University in Portland has been selected as one of two research centers that will independently review clinical studies on rhBMP-2, according to an OHSU news release.

Here are 10 spine surgeons and specialists leading spinal tumor and oncology programs.

Patients who have received a higher education have better improvement with nonoperative treatment than patients who have not completed higher education, according to a report published in Spine.

Despite the uncertainty associated with today's healthcare system, John Caruso, MD, a neurosurgeon with Parkway Neuroscience & Spine Institute in Hagerstown, Md., believes that now is a great time to be practicing medicine. His optimistic outlook focuses on the potential…