Spine

Mark Flood, DO, chief surgeon and medical director of Celling Treatment Centers in Austin, Texas, has become one of the first physicians to use the RegenaDISC therapy, which uses stem cell transplantation to treat disc degeneration, according to a practice…

Complications in treating early-onset scoliosis can be reduced by delaying initial implantation of growth rods, using dual rods and limiting the number of lengthening procedures, according to an article published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

The Bonati Spine Institute of Hudson, Fla., which holds a patent for the Bonati Spine Procedures for minimally invasive laser spine surgery, is celebrating the company's 25th anniversary, according to a company news release.

Obesity influences the results of degenerative disorder treatments, according to a Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial presented at the North American Spine Society annual meeting in Orlando, Fla.

Laser Spine Institute has announced the company's November schedule for medical seminars, which will include stops in Arizona, Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas, according to a company news release.

The recognition of risk factors for patients with kyphoplasty — such as the cement viscosity, injected cement volume, vertebral body wall incompetence and history of pulmonary disease — can decrease the risk of complications for the patients, according to an…

Rush University Medical Center in Chicago is conducting a study to compare minimally invasive spinal surgery to open spinal surgery, examining factors such as complication rate, recovery time, outcome and cost. Leading this groundbreaking research is Kern Singh, MD, an…

A study published in The Spine Journal found that patients undergoing a revision for posterior spinal fusion are more likely to incur an in-hospital death than patients undergoing primary posterior spinal fusion, according to an article in HealthDay News.

Asymptomatic cervical cord compression is most likely to develop in older male patients with lumbar stenosis at multiple segments, according to an article published in Spine.

While the use of growing rods has produced efficacy in the control of deformity within the growing spine, the surgery also has high rates of unintended autofusion, which can lead to a difficult and moderate correction, according to an article…