Spine

From the rising adoption of endoscopic techniques to motion preservation technologies and robotic surgery, the biggest trends in minimally invasive spine surgery are discussed by 13 surgeons.

Hospital systems in metro Detroit are preparing to administer COVID-19 vaccines to patients aged 65 and older, with Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Health reaching out to more than 200,000 patients in its database, the Detroit Free Press reports.

From research into how poor bone quality could lead to complications after spinal fusion to positive results of a single-position spine surgery clinical trial, here are five recent studies catching the eyes of spine surgeons:

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.