Spine

Patients can benefit from a new procedure that uses iliac wings to augment stabilization during spine surgery, according to a study published in Spine.

Increasing volume and cost for spine surgery has recently come under scrutiny as legislators and healthcare professionals seek to lower the cost of effective care. There are many factors that contribute to the high cost of spine surgery. "We're in…

Saint Luke's Brain and Stroke Institute in Kansas City, Mo., recently acquired the O-arm Multidimensional Imaging System from Medtronic for use during spine surgery, according to a hospital news release.

Back pain affects approximately 75 percent of adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis, and the pain can be reduced after posterior fusion, according to an article published in Spine.

Cone-beam CT technology can benefit spinal navigation because the X-ray emitter rotates around a fixed center and is able to take conventional images that can be reconstructed on any plane or three-dimensional images, according to an AAOS Now report by…

Tadhg O'Gara, MD, an orthopedic spine specialist with Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C., has opened an office location in Lexington, N.C., according to a report from The Dispatch.

Patients with cervical spondylotic amyotrophy should initially undergo non-surgical treatment, but surgical treatment can be successful when conservative treatment fails, according to an article published in Spine.

Laser Spine Institute's COO Jimmy St. Louis will serve on the board of counselors for the University of Tampa (Fla.), according to a company news release.

The in vivo three-dimensional kinematics of the spondylotic cervical spine during head rotation was accurately depicted and compared with those of healthy cervical spines to show a decrease in axial rotation and mean coupled with lateral bending, according to an…

Here are four things to know about transforaminal lumbar interbody fusions.