Spine

Spine surgeons Denis S. Drummond, MD, and Ronald L. DeWald, MD, are the Scoliosis Research Society's 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award winners, according to an AAOS Now report.

Walter Eckman, MD, founder of Aurora Spine Center in Tupelu, Miss., has been performing a minimally invasive transformaminal lumbar interbody fusion technique in a hospital setting while enabling patient to go home the same day for more than 10 years.…

Spine surgeons have a higher prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders when compared with the general population, according to a study published in Spine.

Cervical disc arthroplasty increases total cervical range of motion, compared to anterior cervical discectomies and fusions, and could decrease the risk for adjacent segment breakdown, according to a story published in Spine.

The Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center at the University of Louisville researchers received more than $13.7 million in extramural funding over the past year, according to a University of Louisville Today news report.

A recent study published in Spine showed that the formation of anti-BMP-2 antibodies is low and transient in spinal fusion patients, and the formation of antibodies doesn't affect fusion rates or have clinical sequelae.

New Bedford, Mass.-based Southcoast Health System has built the Southcoast Brain & Spine Center for patients with neurological brain and spine disorders, according to a health system news release.

Researchers at UC Davis announced they will participate in a nationwide study to examine the impact of a single injection of adult stem cells directly into the lumbar disc to repair and regenerate them for patient suffering from chronic low…

Here are 10 benchmarks on costs for outpatient anterior cervical discectomies and fusion and cervical disc arthroplasty from Richard Wohns, MD, a neurosurgeon, Founder and President of South Sound Neurosurgery in Puyallup, Wash.

Here are 10 spine surgeons and specialists who serve as editors and leaders of professional orthopedic and spine journals.