Spine

A. Jay Khanna, MD, MBA is an associate professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering at The Johns Hopkins University and serves as the co-director of the Division of Spine Surgery at Johns Hopkins Orthopaedic Surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital.…

The excess relatedness of patients with lumbar disc disease and the elevated risks to near and distant relatives suggests that symptomatic lumbar disc disease could be hereditary, according to an article published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

Gary Steinberg, MD, a neurosurgeon at Stanford University School of Medicine, will lead the school's participation in the FDA-approved phase 1 trial meant to test the safety of using stem cells for treating spinal cord injuries, according to a PhysOrg…

Laser Spine Institute is opening a new consultation facility in Cincinnati, according to a practice news release.

Spine surgeons generally agree on when patients with degenerative spinal disorders need surgery, however, they disagree on the appropriate surgical intervention, according to a study published in Spine.

After Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina released revised guidelines on coverage for spinal fusions in Sept. 2010, leaders of orthopedic and spine societies from around the country collaborated on a formal response. In a letter, written largely by…

Data collected from medicolegal suits can provide information regarding the morbidity associated with cervical spine surgery, which can lessen the patients' expectations and limit the spine surgeon's liability, according to an article published in Spine.

Kaixuan Liu, MD, chief surgeon at Atlantic Spinal Care in Edison, N.J., now treats cervical disc hernations with endoscopic cervical discectomy to avoid open spinal fusions, according to an Atlantic Spinal Care news release.

Brian Subach, MD, a spine surgeon at the Virginia Spine Institute (VSI) and director of research for both VSI and the non-profit Spinal Research Foundation, discusses three areas of important research for spine surgery in 2011.

The North Carolina Blue Cross Blue Shield has agreed to change the recently implemented lumbar fusion policy after several orthopedic and spine societies sent the company a letter recommending coverage for additional situations, according to a Spine Arthroplasty Society news…