Spine

The ProDisc-C total disc replacement was compared with single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion in a new Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery article.

Back Pain Centers of America, an organization connecting back pain patients with physicians in the area, added Long Island (N.Y.) Spine Specialists to its network.

Dr. Samuel David of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, Quebec, received the 2015 Barbara Turnbull Award for Spinal Cord Research, according to McGill.

A new study published in Spine examined urinary tract infections in patients after posterior lumbar fusion procedures.

Spine surgeons created the West African Spine Society, according to Daily Trust.

Orthopedic spine surgeon Kate McCarthy, MD, of Arkansas Specialty Orthopaedics in Little Rock, strives to interest young women in orthopedics through the Perry Initiative, according to the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette.

Santa Rosa Medical Group in Milton, Fla., added Todd Prochnow, DO, to its physician team, according to a Pensacola News Journal report.

TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center in Smyrna, Tenn., opened a new spine surgery institute.

A new study published in Spinal Deformity examined the clinical improvement for adult spinal deformity and which patients benefit most from surgical intervention.

Here are 10 spine surgeons and neurosurgeons in the news this past week.