Spine

Gil Tepper, MD, medical director of the Miracle Mile Medical Center in Los Angeles led the surgery to successfully implant the first ActivL disc replacement device in California.

Christopher Bono, MD, was elected president of the North American Spine Society at the annual meeting held this week.

The North American Spine Foundation plans to award two research grants to the Children's Spine Foundation. Here are five key notes on the award.

A new study published in Spine compares the radiation dose for preoperative CT to preplan spine procedures.

Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit named Sandeep Mittal, MD, chairman of the department of neurosurgery, according to Oakland Press Business.

In Virginia, more people died from heroin and opioid use than highway fatalities last year, according to News-Plex.

A new study published in Spine examines the reoperation rate for symptomatic non-unions for one-, two- and three-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusions.

Carl Lauryssen, MD, performed the first cervical disc replacement in Austin, Texas, with the Prestige LP Cervical Disc System from Medtronic.

Florida's prescription drug monitoring programs and its requirement for "pill mills" to abide by strict oversight from the state have proved to be successful at limiting opioid abuse. Researchers performed various analyses on IMS Health LifeLink LRX data from July…

Nottingham Trent University and Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust, both in England, developed wearable technology to enhance safety during spine surgery for children with cerebral palsy, according to News-Medical.