Spine

Stacy Danahy, director of nursing at Laser Spine Institute in Scottsdale, Ariz., recently received the Arizona Health Care Leadership Award in the field of nurses and nursing advocates, according to a Laser Spine Institute news release.

Here are five points for spine surgeons on treating workers' compensation patients.

Cell dysfunction, instead of physical transportation barriers, accelerates disc disease, according to a study published in Spine.

New data supports the hypothesis that the direction of the spinal curve in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is determined by the built-in rotational pattern of the spine at the time of onset, according to an article published in Spine.

Laser Spine Institute's John A. Polikandriotis, PhD, senior director of strategic initiatives, Michael W. Perry, MD, medical director and Vernon R. Morris, MD, a spine surgeon, have published a case study on endoscopic spine surgery in the Journal of Musculoskeletal…

Vertebroplasty can improve pulmonary function immediately after the procedure in patients with osteoporotic compression fractures of the thoracic spine, according to an article published in the Journal of Spinal Disorders &Techniques.

Here are 10 spine surgeon team physicians or consultants to professional athletes.

Preoperative fibrinogen concentration can be a limiting factor for postoperative hemostasis during and after scoliosis surgery, according to a study published in Spine.

Spine surgeons compensated by hospital ownership earn $11,353 more on average than spine surgeons who are physician partners or shareholders in physician practices, according to statistics from the MGMA 2010 Physician Compensation and Production Survey based on 2009 data.

The C2-C3 posterior short-segment fixation and fusion is an effective method for managing unstable Hangman's fracture, according to a study published in Spine.