Spine

Here are the most-read articles from Becker's Spine Review during the week of Feb. 22-26:

Eight surgeons discuss the future of motion preservation in the cervical and lumbar spine and how its development will affect spinal fusion.

Two neurosurgeons from the University of California San Francisco completed the first spine surgery with Carlsmed's aprevo, a patient-specific interbody for the treatment of adult spinal deformity.

Jax Spine & Pain Centers in Jacksonville, Fla., has enrolled the first patient in the Upgrade Study, which will examine long-term, real-world outcomes to understand the effect of Medtronic's Differential Target Multiplexed programming for spinal cord stimulation patients.

Dina Randazzo, DO, a neurologist/neuro-oncologist in the department of neurosurgery at Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health, died Feb. 20 after a long battle with cancer.

Todd Lanman, MD, founder of Lanman Spinal Neurosurgery in Beverly Hills, Calif., has been named one of Los Angeles Magazine's top doctors for 2021, according to a Feb. 22 news release.

Wayne State University in Detroit named Sonia Eden, MD, interim chair of its neurosurgery department, effective Feb. 24, while a search is conducted for a permanent chair.

Ali Mesiwala, MD, a neurosurgeon specializing in minimally invasive spine surgery, joined Newport Beach, Calif.-based Disc Sports & Spine Center Feb. 22.

Here are the most-read articles from Becker's Spine Review during the week of Feb. 15-19:

On the back of two-year data comparing the M6-C cervical disc with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion published in The Spine Journal, eight surgeons discuss the future of total disc replacement in spine: