Spine

Here are six spine surgeons and neurosurgeons in the news this past week.

Joseph Martinez, MD, joined Houston-based Texas Medical Center and McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, according to The Tribune.

Columbus-based The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center researchers studied spinal cord stimulation's impact on chronic pain patients' emotions, according to National Pain Report. They studied 10 patients with chronic leg pain, implanted with a spinal cord simulator.

Columbia-based University of Missouri researchers are studying spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1, according to Health Canal.

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Researchers analyzed the occurrence of new position-related nerve deficits in spinal surgery, according to News-Medical.

Proton therapy is a radiation technique that limits side effects associated with traditional tumor-removal treatments, according to Scicasts.

Older adults may be more sensitive to pain, based on a new Gainesville-based University of Florida Health study, according to Science Codex.

Providers who are early adopters of bundled payments can increase patient volumes from payers, according to a study published in Spine.