Spine

John and Carolyn Sonnentag donated $10 million to Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, which will establish an endowment fund for a new neurosurgery residency program in Florida, according to PostBulletin.com.

UC San Diego Health neurosurgeons began research on the effectiveness of the NeuroBlate system in treating brain tumors, according to UC San Diego Health.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America and Scoliosis Research Society released a revised joint statement titled, "Screening for the Early Detection of Idiopathic Scoliosis in Adolescent."

Primary and revision posterior lumbar fusions have similar short-term complication rates, according to a new study published in Spine.

Maywood, Ill.-based Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and Loyola University Health System named Alexander J. Ghanayem, MD, FAAOS, chair of the department of orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation.

Here five spine surgeons discuss whether the spine industry will soon see a bundled payments initiative from CMS.

Neurosurgeon Vikram Prabhu, MD, discussed hydrocephalus in Uganda in an editorial published in World Neurosurgery.

A new study published in Spine compares minimally invasive and open laminectomy for lumbar stenosis.

Philippe Bochaton, CEO of Lakeway (Texas) Regional Medical Center, plans to bolster the hospital's spine and brain programs, according to Community Impact Newspaper.

Researchers at the University of California at Irvine and NIH's Imaging Biomarkers and Computer-Aided Detection Laboratory in Bethesda, Md., developed a software algorithm that can distinguish specific spinal fractures, according to HealthImaging.