Spine

Royal Oak, Mich.-based Beaumont Hospital researchers are conducting the Relievant SMART trial. The recently FDA-cleared clinical study is testing the efficacy of a minimally invasive nerve ablating procedure, according to News-Medical.

Daveed Frazier, MD, medical director of New York City Spine Surgery, set the record straight on minimally invasive spine surgery, according to nj.com.

Researchers analyzed whether common medical conditions impacted anterior lumbar interbody fusion outcomes, according to a Clinical Spine Surgery-published study.

Spine surgeon Jeff A. Lehmen, MD, will join the International Association of HealthCare Professionals.

Neurosurgeon William Tobler, MD, discussed his experience using TranS1's AxiaLIF in a TranS1 YouTube video. Dr. Tobler serves patients at The Mayfield Brain and Spine Clinic in Cincinnati.

In an interview on the Alan Colmes Show, a Fox News Radio show, former presidential candidate Ben Carson, MD, claimed that he has rejected offers to serve as the country's surgeon general, according to The Hill.

A new study published in Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines liposomal bupivacaine use during posterior spinal decompression procedures.

The International Association of HealthCare Professionals welcomed James P. Argires, MD, a neurosurgeon.

Brisbane, Australia-based Mater Hospital and Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center surgeons successfully performed Australia's first in-utero spinal surgery, according to ABC News.

A new study published in Spine reviews minimally invasive treatment for adult spinal deformity.