Spine

Finland-based Helsinki University Hospital conducted the first mixed reality neurosurgical live streaming from June 6 to June 7.

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

A new study published in Spine examines how fitness can affect nurses with nonspecific low back pain.

Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-based MidHudson Regional Hospital welcomed orthopedic surgeon Yigal Samocha, MD, to the medical staff, according to a Hudson Valley News Network report.

A new study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines the association between the preoperative diagnosis and postoperative patient satisfaction among lumbar spinal surgery patients.

A new study published in The Spine Journal compares outcomes between total disc replacement and nonoperative rehabilitation for patients with chronic low back pain and localized disc degeneration in the lumbar spine.

Researchers compared a combined anterior and posterior approach to a posterior approach for severe scoliosis treatment, in a study published in Spine.

The only neurosurgeon at Wailuku, Hawaii-based Maui Memorial Medical Center is inching toward retirement, according to The Maui News.

Dr. Glenn Buttermann recently presented the results of cervical hybrid surgery at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, March 2017, as well as at the Cervical Spine Research Society, December 2016.

A new study published in The Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines patients from 30 investigational sites comparing cervical disc replacement with the Prestige LP disc and anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.