Spine

Patients at the Department of Veterans Affairs' spinal cord injury centers will be first to receive Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine from the federal agency, Stars and Stripes reports.

Alexandre Rasouli, MD, reportedly performed the first spine surgery with Centinel Spine's new angled endplates intended for the prodisc L lumbar total disc replacement system.

Researchers from New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery are using a novel method for evaluating bone density that may be able to more accurately predict which patients would have poor outcomes after spinal fusion.

Physicians at Balgrist University Hospital in Zurich recently performed the first "holographically navigated" spine surgery with Microsoft's HoloLens 2 headset, according to a Dec. 14 report by TweakTown.

Thirteen spine surgeons share their outlook on the spine field in 2021 and what success will look like for their practice.

Two South Dakota spine practices merged to form The Spine Center at Black Hills Orthopedics, according to a December announcement.

Florida Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale named neurosurgeon Guillermo Pasarin, MD, "Physician of the Quarter 2," Miami's Community Newspapers reports.

Florida Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale named neurosurgeon Jessica Okun, DO, "Physician of the Quarter 1," according to South Florida Hospital News.

Becker's Spine Review has reported on five surgeons who have joined new practices in the past month:

A Stryker device and a Vertos Medical device will see a Medicare reimbursement boost for spine procedures in 2021.