Spine

Newer ceramic pin technology may not meet the expected minimum performance standards set by metallic material, which can cause a higher failure rate, according to a study published in the Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques.

Mark Flood, DO, a spine surgeon at Celling Treatment Centers, is now performing a minimally invasive lumbar microdiscectomy using the Laser Disc Repair method to reduce the risk of re-herniation, according to a practice news release.

Minimally invasive spine surgery and endoscopic procedures have been available to spine surgeons for several years now, however they are just beginning to gain popularity among the vast majority of spine surgeons in the country. Bryan Massoud, MD, a spine…

Spine surgeons should achieve proper spinopelvic alignment when treating spinal deformity in adults for the best outcomes, according to an article published in Spine.

Jeffery Mjaanes, MD, an adult and pediatric sports medicine physician at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago, said that backpacks should be no more than 10-20 percent of the child's body weight, according to an article published in the Chicago…

Intraoperative neuromonitoring allows surgeons to safely perform more aggressive deformity correction and tumor resection and can provide an assessment of spinal cord functionality in real time when combined with somatosensory-evoked potentials and motor-evoked potentials, according to a study published in…

Laser Spine Institute has announced the December schedule of medical seminars which will include stops in Arizona, California, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas, according to a company news release.

Long fusions to the sacrum are the most common reasons for extending the instrumentation to the pelvis during complex spine surgery, according to an article published in Spine.

Richard Madhok, MD, has been appointed to be the new chief of neurosurgery at the Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, N.Y., according to an East Meadow Patch report.

Weiss Memorial Hospital recently opened the Chicago Spine Center, headed by Purnendu Gupta, MD, an associate professor of orthopedics and rehabilitation medicine at the University of Chicago, according to a hospital news release.