Spine

A new study published in Spine examines family experiences and potential anxiety about orthopedic referrals after school scoliosis screenings.

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, Wash., opened its neurosciences inpatient unit for treating patients with brain and spine issues.

Gateway Medical Center, in Clarksville, Tenn., revealed its neuro-suite, which uses advanced minimally invasive spine and cranial surgical technologies, according to The Leaf-Chronicle.

At the North American Spine Society's 30th Annual Meeting held in Chicago, experts discussed the benefits of utilizing a multimodal model in pain management in a symposium titled "Recent Advances in Managing Postoperative Pain Without Opioids."

A study published in The Spine Journal examines adjacent segment disease in patients who undergo cervical disc arthroplasty.

Elite Spine Centers, a specialty practice treating spinal complications, is expanding its reach in Houston.

Apple Valley, Minn.-based Summit Orthopedics and Bloomington, Minn.-based Institute for Low Back and Neck Care are planning to merge in January, according to a Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal report.

Between managing a practice, treating patients, conducting research and fulfilling committee responsibilities most surgeons don't have time to become involved with politics. But politicians are increasingly becoming involved with healthcare.

Orthopedic surgeon Steven Meier, MD, performed the first stem cell/platelet-rich plasma lumbar intradiscal injection in conjunction with La Peer Health Systems.

A new study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines outcomes for the Prestige cervical disc compared with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.