Spine

The global lumbar spine fusion market is anticipated to grow through 2020, based on a Reportstack analysis, according to WhaTech.

Johnson City-based Southern New York NeuroSurgical Group joined the UHS healthcare system, according to pressconnects.

DISC Sports & Spine Center, in Marina Del Rey & Newport Beach, Calif., celebrated World Spine Day by offering tips for maintaining a healthy spine.

A study in Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology found that regional anesthesia may hold advantages over general anesthesia for lumbar spine surgery.

Here are nine updates. 

With the onset of a vertebral compression fracture, a patient may experience a downward spiral of morbidity. These risks may include impaired gait, disability, reduced lung function, early satiety, future fracture risk and excess mortality.

A new study published in Spine examines bone union after lumbar interbody fusion with titanium or PEEK cages to evaluate vertebral endplate cysts as a predictor of nonunion. 

The Spine Hospital of Louisiana in Baton Rouge finished the first part of a $5 million expansion effort, according to brproud.

Dr. Nacmettin Pamir will now lead the World Academy of Neurological Surgery, according to the Hurriyet Daily News.

Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for Oct. 13, 2016.