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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Smoking is a predictor for two-year outcomes after surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis, according to a study published in Spine.

Bryan Fox, MD, of Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center in Suffolk, Va., was recently named medical director for Sentara Obici's Comprehensive Spine Care Services, according to a practice news release.

Cedar Park (Texas) Surgery Center will start offering outpatient spine surgery through a new alliance formed with Austin (Texas) Neurosurgical Institute and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery of Austin, according to a news release.