Spine

Here are 13 spine surgeons who recently received awards or promotions.

A new study published in the Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques examines the factors affecting anterior cervical discectomy and fusion complications and length of stay.

Doug Coatsworth, PhD, of Fort Collins-based Colorado State University, and Alissa Wicklund, PhD, of Fort Collins-based Orthopaedic & Spine Center of the Rockies, will conduct a concussion study. National Collegiate Athletic Association and the U.S. Department of Defense are funding…

Spine published the FDA Investigational Device Exemption clinical trial results for Cerapedics' i-FACTOR Peptide Enhanced Bone Graft in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion procedures, according to News-Medical.

The National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke gave Cambridge, Mass.-based BioAxone BioSciences a grant for the development of its molecule kinase inhibitor, BA-1049.

San Diego-based Sorrento Valley Pain Relief Center is now offering patients suffering from back and neck pain spinal decompression therapy.

St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima, Ohio, named Selvon F. St. Clair, MD, PhD, director of spine surgery, according to a report by The Lima News.

American Association of Neurological Surgeons named Kathleen Craig executive director.

Here are eight spine and neurosurgeons in the news this past week:

A new study published in the Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques examines the cost of one- and two-level dorsal lumbar fusions with and without rhBMP-2 after one year.