Spine

A deceased patient's daughter sued a Seattle-based University of Washington surgeon for allegedly utilizing bone cement that was not FDA-approved during the patient's spine surgery, according to cnsnews.com.

West Orange, N.Y.-based Atlantic Spine Center's Kaixuan Liu, MD, PhD, dispelled some misconceptions about herniated discs.

Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, MD, of Tucson, Ariz.-based Center For Advanced Spinal Surgery, traveled to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to create an endoscopic spine surgery education video, according to News 4 Tucson.

The Reading (Pa.) Neck and Spine Center was recently added to SpineCenterNetwork.com's credentialed spine centers list. Here are five things you need to know.

A $22 million lawsuit has been filed against Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University and an orthopedic spine surgeon, for allegedly paralyzing a man by dropping a tool on his back, according to a report by The Oregonian.

A Market and Research report found the global pain management drugs market is expected to grow substantially from 2016 to 2020, according to Whatech.

Here are seven spine surgeons and neurosurgeons who recently received awards or promotions.

The Spine & Sports Health Center, with three locations in Hudson County, N.J., is offering new patients radiofrequency ablation for chronic low back pain treatment.

InSightec developed an alternative to essential tremor treatment that uses ultrasounds to perform observations in a way that is entirely noninvasive, according to MD+DI. 

A new study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine compares the Hospital Compare metrics with spine surgery outcomes.