Spine

Here are four spine and neurosurgeons making headlines.

Plantation, Fla.-based Spine & Orthopedic Center added Anup Gangavalli, MD, to its team.

Gene A. Falkowski Jr., DO, joined Anchorage (Alaska) Fracture & Orthopedic Clinic.

Bangor-based Eastern Maine Medical Center Neurosurgery and Spine Specialists welcomed neurosurgeon Rudy Marciano, DO.

Adult spinal deformity patients with radiculopathy experience greater pain and disability than patients without leg pain, according to a study in Spine.

Lowville, N.Y.-based Lewis County General Hospital welcomed Nicholas Qandah, DO, and in doing so made neurosurgery services available, according to Journal & Republican.

Atlanta-based Emory University School of Medicine elected Scott Boden, MD, to serve as its orthopedic department chair.

Recent changes in today's healthcare environment have led to confusion, turmoil and uncertainty. With such as in most cases once one is informed and to some degree risk tolerant, opportunities arise.

Surgical deformity correction in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis significantly improves patients' quality of life and psychological well-being, according to a prospective study in The European Spine Journal.

Nearly half of visual-related complications in patients who undergo spinal deformity surgery resolve completely, according to a study in Spine.