Spine

Neurosurgeons at Naval Medical Center San Diego completed the facility's first spine surgery with a 3D surgical microscope, according to Dvids.

Charles Bondurant, MD, has been elected to a newly created board that oversees operations at Boone Hospital in Columbia, Mo., the Columbia Daily Tribune reported Jan. 7.

Here are the most-read articles on Becker's Spine Review during the week of Jan. 4-8:

From a surgeon donating masks to another healing a teen's spine disorder, here are three spine surgeons making headlines over the past week:

Zeguang Ren, MD, PhD, joined Stuart, Fla.-based Cleveland Clinic Martin Health, according to a Jan. 7 report from South Florida Hospital News.

A study published in The Spine Journal found a link between the number of patents orthopedic spine surgeons hold and the amount of royalties and licensing fees they receive from the industry.

Sarim Mir, MD, owner of Mir Neurology & Spine Center in Hagerstown, Md., has donated more than 40,000 masks to first responders, with 25,000 more on the way, Herald-Mail Media reported Jan. 6.

David Siambanes, DO, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon specializing in reconstructive spine surgery,performed spinal fusion to correct a severe kyphosis disorder in a 17-year-old patient in Florida.

Six spine and neurosurgeons joined new groups or expanded their practice in December:

A NuVasive study published in The Spine Journal demonstrated that single-position spine surgery has significant advantages over open spinal fusion.