Spine

A team of scientists at the University of Louisville, University of California in Los Angeles and the California Institute of Technology recently saw the commutation of 30 years worth of research to find a potential clinical therapy for paralysis, according…

Fred Sweet, MD, a spine surgeon with Rockford Spine Center, discusses four points on the new method of infection control to combat evolved forms of MRSA in orthopedic and spine surgery patients.

The centroid method is more reliable for measuring scoliosis in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis than the Cobb method, according to a study published in Spine.

Peyton Manning, quarterback for the Indiana Colts, received spine surgery from Richard Fessler, MD, a spine surgeon in Chicago for a bulging disc in his cervical spine, according to a USA Today report.

Mark L. Moody, MD, a spine surgeon with Carolina Spine & Neurosurgery Center, joined St. Luke's Hospital in Columbus, N.C., according to a Go Upstate report.

A new study published in The Spine Journal shows a stronger correlation between the use of rhBMP-2 for spinal fusions and infertility in male patients than was originally supposed, according to a North American Spine Society news release.

Traumatic spinal disorder surgeon Leon Abram, MD, joined Danville (Va.) Spine Center, a division of Danville Orthopedic Clinic.

Patients who are 75 years old or older can achieve clinical improvements after one- and two-level instrumented posterolateral lumbar arthrodesis, if they are properly selected, according to a report in Spine.

A study recently published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery shows that two-year outcomes of artificial disc replacement for two-level disc disease is an effective alternative to fusion, according to a RedOrbit report.

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