Spine

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.

Researchers analyzed the reoperation rates of cervical spondylotic radiculopathy and myelopathy following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, in a study published in Spine.

Interventional pain management specialist Joseph Amos, MD, joined McGovern Medical School at UTHealth and Memorial Hermann Mischer Neuroscience Associates, both located in Houston, according to Katy Magazine.

Atlanta will be a city of capes on Oct. 21, as Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's popular Cape Day ATL returns for its third year, according to Northside Neighbor.

The Scoliosis Research Society honored five surgeons from around the world with the Russell A. Hibbs Basic Research Award.

We all know to some degree that our spine is the most important part within our body. Some have called the spine the "highway to the body."