Spine

A new study published in Spinal Deformity examines whether the type of metal instrumentation used in pediatric scoliosis correction affects surgical site infection.

European Spine Journal published six-month results from the iFuse Implant System Minimally Invasive Arthrodesis clinical trial.

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine named Alan R. Cohen, MD, the new chief of pediatric neurosurgery, effective May 23, according to News-Medical.

Here are five hospitals with recently expanded spine and neurosurgery programs.

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers pinpointed risk factors linked to hospital readmissions after pediatric neurosurgery. The study used the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric database.

Seattle-based University of Washington researchers are studying whether decreasing a spinal cord injury patient's body temperature after injury reduces the injury's severity, according to abc.

John Chen, BlackBerry's CEO, and his wife Sherry Chen, established the John S. and Sherry H. Chen Endowed Chair in Clinical Neurosurgery at University of California San Francisco Benioff Children's Oakland.

In the United States, neurosurgeons are paid approximately $368,010 per year, according to a Salary Voice report.

A new study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines emergency room visits for patients with low back pain.

Researchers analyzed the fusion rates of anterior lumbar interbody fusion, transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and axial arthordesis at the lumbosacral junction in adult patients. These patients experienced one- and two-level degenerative spine conditions, according to a Clinical Spine Surgery study.