Spine

Benvenue enrolled the first patient into the KAST study using the Kiva Vertebral Augmentation System as opposed to balloon kyphoplasty for minimally invasive spine surgery, according to a company news release.

Anterial cervical discectomy and fusion are the most commonly performed procedures involving the cervical spine, according to an article featuring updates on spine surgery published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

Juan Bartolomei, MD, a neurosurgeon with a professional interest in minimally invasive spine surgery, joined Spine Team Texas in Rockwall, according to a company news release.

Arnold Graham Smith, MD, a spine physician practicing in Jacksonville, Fla., performed a new minimally invasive surgery for a 66-year-old patient's sacroiliac joint injury, according to an ABC New York news story.

Barton Sachs, MD, as surgeon at the Medical University of South Carolina, performed an endoscopic spine surgery using video equipment technology, according to a The Post and Courier report.

Robert R. Bulger, MD, a physician specially trained on the AccuraScope discectomy and neutral decompression procedure, joined North American Spine in Dallas, according to a company news release.

Gowriharan "Dr. Ty" Thaiyananthan, MD, is 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., an outpatient department providing treatment for spinal and cranial surgery, which opened…

Louis Bojrab, MD, an interventional pain specialist in Michigan, performed the state's first minimally invasive lumbar decompression (MILD) surgery on a 57-year-old patient at the Bixby (Mich.) Medical Center, according to a The Daily Telegram report.

Whiplash could cause anatomical changes resulting in brain injury, says a new study co-authored by several physicians, including Ezriel E. Kornel, MD, FACS, of the Brain & Spine Surgeons of New York, which was published in the July issue of…

The spine industry should expect to see a steady inflow of new products designed for the non-fusion surgical space, according to an analysis report released by Frost & Sullivan.