Spine

Princeton (N.J.) University researchers developed a method to record three-dimensional footage of neural activity in a worm species, according to AANS Neurosurgeon. The worm species, called nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, is one-millimeter in length with 302 neurons.

Capital Medical Center in Olympia, Wash., is the first in the state to offer spine surgery procedures with the Mazor Robotics Renaissance Guidance System, according to a Thurston Talk report.

David Rothbart, MD, co-founder and medical director of Southlake-based Spine Team Texas, was named a 2016 HealthCare Hero by Fort Worth Business.

According to Lancaster Online, Dawn Cox, a physical therapist with Lancaster's Prana Functional Manual Therapy, discusses how texting can affect the back and neck.

Rockford (Ill.) Spine Center's Fred Sweet, MD, recently served as a visiting professor at Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis, according to a Rockford Register Star report.

Braces have been found to effectively halt or slow further progression of a spinal curve in adolescent scoliosis patients, according to a study in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

Sanjay Khurana, MD, of DISC Sports & Spine Center in Marina Del Rey, Calif., believes the advances in minimally invasive surgery techniques offer brighter outcomes for elderly patients undergoing spinal surgery.

Robert F. Heary, MD, serves as medical director of the Spine and Pain Center at HackensackUMC Mountainside in Glen Ridge, N.J., according to The Jersey Tomato Press.

A new study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines building a spine care registry using data from electronic health records.

A new study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines building a spine care registry using data from electronic health records.