Spine

Larry M. Parker, MD, and Morris Seymour, MD, spine surgeons practicing in Huntsville, Ala., are performing minimally invasive spine surgery as a direct lateral lumbar fusion, according to a local WAFF news report.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons board of directors approved and released a clinical practice guideline recommending against vertebroplasty as a treatment for spinal fractures, according to an AAOS news release.

Anulus fibrosus cells isolated from nondegenerative invertebral discs may be an effective treatment for intervertebral disc diseases, according to an article published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

Laser Spine Institute in Tampa, Fla., has been recognized by Inc. magazine among The Inc. 5,000, which ranks the nations fastest growing private companies, according to an LSI news release.

The largest costs contributing to adolescent idiopathic scoliosis correction surgery are implants, intensive care unit and inpatient room costs, operating room time and bone grafts, according to an article published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

There are benefits to postoperative administration of a low-molecular-weight-herapin subcutaneously the night after spine surgery, say Austrian researchers, according to an ORTHOSuperSite report.

A Medicare advisory committee voted not to warrant off-label use of bone morphogenetic protein, used in some spinal procedures, according to a MedPage Today report.

Spine surgeons should consider restoration of disc height in patients with foraminal stenosis because the disc height and slip percentage can have an effect on the invertebral foramen area, according to an article published in Spine.

Brandon J. Scott, MD, has become a physician practice partner with Cape Spine & Neurology in Cape Girardeau, Mo., according to an article in the Southeast Missourian.

Rebecca Bravard, DC, a physician with Quad Cities Spine Clinic in Moline, Ill., will offer spine examinations to raise money for the Children's Therapy Center of the Quad Cities, according to a clinic news release.