Spine

Two spine surgeons discuss strategies for this year.

Oblique lateral lumbar interbody fusion is a safe and effective procedure, according to a study in Cureus.

Justin Park, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon with The Maryland Spine Center at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore.

Raymond Gardocki, MD, a surgeon at Memphis, Tenn.-based Campbell Clinic Orthopedics, discusses spine technology trends for the future.

Neurosurgeon Dr. Dominic Thompson performed one of the first fetal spina bifida surgeries in the U.K. at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, according to the BBC.

The spinal cord contributes to complex hand functions, according to a study in Nature Neuroscience and reported by Western News.

In a study presented at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting last September, Kevin McGuire, MD, of Lebanon, N.H-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center shared findings on hospital costs for spinal fusion patients, according to AAOS Now.

Board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon Albert E. Dean, Jr., MD, 85, passed away, the Shreveport Times reports.

Here are the top 10 most-read articles on Becker's Spine Review from Feb. 4-8.

Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota researchers developed an electric stimulation device that restored voluntarily movement in two patients with spinal cord injuries, Minnesota Daily reports.