Spine

A recent study published in Spine identified the level of risk patients undergoing lumbar fusion surgery have for pulmonary, gastrointestinal, neurologic, hematologic and urologic complications.

Scaffolds loaded with low-dose recombinant bone morphogenic protein-2 is comparable to autograft bone as a bone graft substitute for anterior lumbar interbody fusion in a large animal model, according to a study published in Spine.

Here are four tips from Irene Rademayer, vice president clinic services and Jason Jones, senior director of customer service at Laser Spine Institute, about optimizing employee loyalty at spine centers.

A new study conducted at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore shows that spinal digital subtraction angiography may be a safe and effective procedure, according to a report in The Johns Hopkins News-Letter.

A former high school soccer player and patient at Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center at New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City has raised more than $8,000 for the center to learn more about the condition he overcame,…

The John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center has launched The Brain & Spine Institute to provide care for patients with primary and metastatic tumors and neurologic complications related to cancer, according to a report from The…

After three systematic reviews of evidence-based guidelines for the assessment and treatment of chronic low back pain, researchers found the guidelines consistent with recommendations for evaluating low back pain but inconsistent with treatment guidance, according to a study published in…

A study that was recently recognized by the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine showed that neither a postoperative rehabilitation program nor an educational booklet about postoperative management for patients undergoing discectomy or lateral nerve root decompression…

Here are 10 great spine surgeons and specialists at physician-owned hospitals around the country.

Community Health Network recently opened Community Spine Center in Greenwood, Ind., according to an Indianapolis Business Journal report.