Spine

A new study published in The Spine Journal examines how diabetes can affect a patient's quality of life after lumbar decompression.

Stanford (Calif.) University researchers found primary care physicians are the leading opioid prescribers, according to WedMD.

Belgium-based Bone Therapeutics, a bone cell therapy company, has recruited four more patients for its ALLOB Phase IIA spinal fusion trial.

Researchers from New York-based Columbia University, New York University and the University of Pittsburgh investigated whether the "July effect" is evident in adult patients treated by neurosurgeons.

Björn Zoëga, MD, a spine surgeon and accomplished leader in the field of healthcare, will be assuming the position of CEO of GHP Stockholm Spine Center.

Pedicle subtraction osteotomies offer similar sagittal correction rates and complication rates in the primary and revision surgical settings.

The HackensackUMC Foundation has received a $100,000 to benefit the Caroline Vandemark Fund for Brain and Spine Tumor Research.

The Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group is devoting the December 2015 issue of Neurosurgical Focus to "Defining, Measuring, and Predicting Quality in Neurosurgery."

A two-year study of lumbar disc replacements was published in Spine this month.

Seth A. Grossman, MD, has joined The Center for Spinal Disorders in Englewood, N.J.