Spine

Employing the discography procedure in order to determine the source of a patient's pain may accelerate disc degeneration, according to a recent study detailed in an article from The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

An increasing trend in orthopedics is the use of biological treatment for bone and cartilage repair. According to an article published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, biologics are also on the rise for spinal surgery solutions. Clinical…

Co-founders of The Brain and Spine Surgeons of Orange County Christopher Duma, MD, and Richard Kim, MD, joined the Hoag Neurosciences Institute's multispecialty center in Newport Beach, Calif., according to a Daily Pilot report.

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…