Spine

Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for May 19, 2016.

Alexander P. Hersel, MD, and Bradley Spiegel, MD, of Pain Management & Injury Relief Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif., have begun offering 10-kHz High-frequency therapy spinal cord stimulation for back and leg pain.

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford University School of Medicine researchers studied folic acid's impact on brain and spine birth defects, according to Medical Xpress. The U.S. food supply fortification with folic acid was expected to decrease these birth defects.

In India, one in five people aged between 20 years and 30 years are experiencing spinal complications, according to The Health Site.

UConn John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington, Conn., opened a new operating suite, which included two dedicated operating rooms for neurosurgery and spine surgery, according to UConn Today.

Here six spine surgeons discuss their favorite places in the world to go for a holiday.

NuVasive dominates the lateral spine market with Medtronic being a distant second. Kern Singh, MD, and his colleagues with Avaz Surgical are trying to level the playing field with new technology focused on quantitative imaging.

The U.S. Army awarded Milwaukee-based Medical College of Wisconsin a five-year, $6.8 million grant to study neck, spine and brain safety issues, according to Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel.

Researchers analyzed the characteristics of patients with herniated discs at the cervicothoracic junction, according to a The Spine Journal study.

A study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines the pedicle subtraction osteotomy technique for spinal deformity, a mini-open approach.