Spine

Music is an important part of people's daily lives, and for surgeons the right playlist can help set the grounds for a confident, successful surgery.

ChatGPT spotted and diagnosed a pediatric patient's tethered cord syndrome that was missed by 17 specialists, People reported Sept. 12.

UConn Health is planning to consolidate offices at its Brain & Spine Institute in a newly constructed building in Farmington, Conn., according to a Sept. 11 report from the Hartford Business Journal. 

FloSpine has successfully implanted the first Ti-Largo 3D printed cervical cage in partnership with the Research Park at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, according to a Sept. 12 report from South Florida Hospital News.

Marinus de Kleuver, MD, PhD, accepted the role of president of the Scoliosis Research Society. 

Joseph Schwab, MD, will lead Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai's spine-oncology program and the Center for Surgical Technology and AI Research, according to a Sept. 11 news release shared with Becker's.

Lawrence Rinsky, MD, is retiring from a decades-long orthopedic career at Stanford (Calif.) Medicine Children's Health, the hospital said Sept. 10.

An Ohio appeals court on Sept. 8 overturned a verdict against spine surgeon Atiq Durrani, MD, and is granting him a new trial.

Hardeep Singh, MD, is one of few spine surgeons globally who is taking advantage of 3D-printed devices to help patients, according to a Sept. 7 feature from the University of Connecticut.

Becker's reported on two spine and orthopedic setlements in the last month.