Spine

At least 85 percent of principle procedures using Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMP) from 2002-2007 were for off-label applications, according to an article published in Spine.

Gowriharan "Dr. Ty" Thaiyananthan, MD, a neurosurgeon, researcher and the co-medical director for the Southern California Center for Neuroscience and Spine (SCCNS) at Chapman Medical Center in Orange, Calif., discusses three cutting-edge projects currently in the works at SCCNS.

The AHA is complaining to federal regulators about overzealous enforcement of the False Claims Act in cases involving admissions for a spinal procedure, according to a report by AHA News Now.

The Laser Spine Institute has expanded its September seminar tour to include stops in Billings, Mont., and Lexington, Ky., according to a practice news release.

Hun Bay, MD, a spine surgeon with St. John's University in Queens, N.Y., recently implanted one of 35 Coflex springs into a patient's spine to relieve pressure from the patient's spine and nerves, according to a local WPTV news report.

The North American Spine Society released a new guideline for cervical radiculopathy from degenerative disorders in order to assist physicians in diagnosing and treating patients with degenerative disorders, according to an NASS news release.

Minimally invasive decompression for leg symptoms is clinically effective in the majority of patients, but those with scoliosis have a higher revision rate, according to an article published in Spine.

Mauricio A. Valdes, MD, a spine physician, joined the University Physicians Healthcare and the faculty of the University of Arizona department of orthopedics in Tucson, according to a report from Tucson Business.

As the director of the Medical University of South Carolina's sports medicine program and spokesman for the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, David Geier, MD, has invested a great deal of time and energy into youth sports medicine and…

The latest trends in orthopedics and spine surgery have tended toward minimally invasive techniques. Making the transition between open spine surgeries to minimally invasive surgery is not easy, says Mark Flood, DO, of Celling Treatment Centers in Austin, Texas. However,…