Spine

Vertebral body tethering, a novel minimally invasive surgery for scoliosis, is helping some patients get back to activity in half the time of those who get traditional spinal fusion, CBS Miami reports.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded $13.5 million to neurosurgeons and engineers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., to develop devices for patients with spinal cord injuries.

Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital in Gifford, Fla., welcomed orthopedic surgeon Anas Saleh, MD, according to an Oct. 8 article from South Florida Hospital News and Healthcare Report.

Reno, Nev.-based Great Basin Orthopaedics onboarded Sean Fitzpatrick, MD, to its practice, according to an Oct. 8 report from Northern Nevada Business Weekly.

From a Nevada surgeon performing a surgery with new technology to another professional's take on awake spine fusions, here are the latest spine surgeons making headlines.

NY Spine Medicine has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a claim of not providing a patient timely access to her medical records.

Here are the top-read stories on Becker's Spine Review during the week of Oct. 5-9:

Christopher Good, MD, on Oct. 8 performed a spinal fusion with the Augmedics Xvision Spine System, an augmented reality platform approved by the FDA in December.

Stanford Health Care's scoliosis and spinal deformity program in Palo Alto, Calif., has four pediatric spine surgeons, but features an all-women team twice a week that has been well-received by girls being treated at the center.

From two scoliosis lifetime achievement awards to honorees of the North American Spine Society, here are six spine surgeons who drew acclaim in the past month: