Spine

Geron, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based medical device company, has halted the first therapy made from embryonic stem cells for spinal cord injury patients that was initiated in 2010, according to a Geron news release.

Patients who undergo anterior cervical decompression and fusion have more risk of experiencing gastroesophageal reflux than patients undergoing lumbar spinal surgery, according to a story published in Spine.

Here are 10 spine practices with research centers or foundations to support spine research and education advancement.

Scoliosis affects more than six million people in the United States and approximately 38,000 patients undergo spinal fusion for scoliosis correction each year, according to the National Scoliosis Foundation. Surgical scoliosis correction has traditionally been a large, open procedure, but…

Alexander Mason, MD, a neurosurgeon and spine specialists with Boulder (Colo.) Neurosurgical & Spine Associates, has been named as a Patients' Choice physician, according to a Boulder Neurosurgical & Spine Associates news release.

Mortality and complication rates for patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery are lower when the patients are treated by high-volume surgeons and hospitals, according to a report published in Spine.

Tan Duy Ly, DO, recently joined Southeastern Spine Center & Research Institute in Sarasota, Fla., according to a report from The Bradenton.

Robert Gruber, DO, director of spinal diagnostics and therapeutics for Laser Spine Institute's Tampa, Fla., facility received recognition from Tampa Bay Business Journal as a leader in healthcare, according to a Laser Spine Institute news release.

Here are eight things to know about decreasing the cost of spine care.

About eight years ago, former president and CEO of Mayfield Clinic & Spine Institute Michael J. Gilligan and his colleagues developed Priority Consult to overcome the inefficiencies his group was having unique to spine and back pain providers. "Like many…