Spine

Rigid, commercially pure titanium rods used during spine surgery increase screw strain and result in less interbody spacer compression, while instruments using PEEK could reduce the likelihood of adjacent level disease, according to an article published in Spine.

Here are 10 recently launched and or approved by the FDA for spine surgery.

Self Regional Healthcare's South Carolina Spine Center in Greenwood is now treating spine surgery patients in a new advanced surgical operating room, which includes the Brainsuite iCT from Brainlab, according to a Brainlab news release.

Here are nine stories concerning studies and technologies useful for spine surgeons.

Carl Lauryssen, MD, a neurosurgeon and director of research and education at Olympia Medical Center Los Angeles, completed the first procedure using Alphatec Spine's PureGen, a highly concentrated, pure population of adult stem cells originating from bone marrow, according to…

As many spine procedures become feasible on an outpatient basis, they are quickly moving from the hospital to the ASC. Chris Bishop, senior vice president for acquisitions and business development at Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners, provides 10 steps for…

Stefan Renaud, MD, a spine surgeon, joined OrthoCarolina's Gastonia, N.C., office location, according to a Business News report.

Spine surgeons should begin to decompress an acutely injured spinal cord within 24 hours of the injury to create the best outcome, according to a study published in Spine.

A patient's genetics may be associated with improved outcomes for spine surgery after the one year follow-up, according to a study published in 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.