Spine

Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health Comprehensive Spine Center used the AnchorKnot Tissue Approximation Kit to repair tissue during a herniated disc surgery.

Spine surgeon Shane McGowan, MD, will join Newport News, Va.-based Tidewater Physicians Multispecialty Group this September, the Daily Press reports.

Here are 10 spine and neurosurgeons in the headlines this week.

Dale Horne, MD, a Cincinnati-based neurosurgeon, began using spinal robotic technology in 2007 and hasn't looked back.

Four spine, neurosurgeons offer their opinions on the biggest obstacle facing spine providers today.

Here are three spine and neurosurgeons honors that received honors or awards in the past month.

Medicare's Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule would keep the current value for minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion after the American Medical Association's RVS Update Committee conducted a review, according to the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery.

Werner Edmund Fritz Langheim, MD, PhD, died aged 90 on July 29, reports Madison.

Fabien Bitan, MD, performed an M6 artificial cervical disc replacement surgery on a 29-year-old woman Aug. 2, BioSpace reports.

David Chandler, MD, an orthopedic spine specialist at Gulf Breeze, Fla.-based Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, reviewed the last 30 years of spine surgery innovation, offering insights into an array of advancing technologies in an interview for Andrews'…