Spine

Stephen T. Onesti, MD, a neurosurgeon specializing in spine surgery, has joined Neurological Surgery P.C. in Rockville Centre, N.Y., according to a practice news release.

Spine Center Network, a company that provides report cards for regional spine centers, was recently launched in 16 states, according to a company news release.

Robert Watkins, Jr., MD, orthopedic spine surgeon and co-director of Marina Spine Center at Marina Del Rey (Calif.) Hospital, discusses four points on biologics in spine surgery.

The Spine Foundation, an independent organization with the mission to increase access to spinal care, has received a major institutional gift from Laser Spine Institute, a provider of endoscopic spine surgery with locations throughout the country, according to a news…

A recent policy draft from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services and First Coast with Local Coverage Determination affecting the state of Florida concludes that Medicare will no longer cover multi-level lumbar fusion for symptomatic degenerative disc disease.

Richard A. Kaul, MD, of New Jersey Spine and Rehabilitation, has begun Project Backbone, an initiative that will provide no cost back and spine care for veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a surgery center news…

Damon Noto, MD, a physician with Spine & Joint Center in Hackensack, N.J., is now using adult stem cells harvested from the patient to help stimulate tissue growth during spinal procedures, according to a practice news release.

The position and orientation of the probe during minimally invasive procedures in the cervical spine are important factors in monitoring the local pressure profiles in the mobile synovial joint, according to a study published in Spine.

Spine surgeons from the South Texas Spinal Clinic are now using NuVasive's eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion technology for spinal procedures, according to a practice news release.

Chris Zorn, vice president of sales for Spine Surgical Innovation and executive director of Minimal Incision-Maximum Sight (MIMS) Institute, says there are significant differences between the global spine market and the spine market in the United States.