Spine

A new meta-analysis published in Spine examines the randomized controlled trials involving cervical disc arthroplasty compared with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for treating one-level cervical disc degeneration.

A new study published in Spine examines how comorbidity indices for patient outcomes evolved for cervical compression surgery. The researchers reviewed 86 cervical myelopathy cases where patients underwent decompression surgery between 2004 and 2010. The researchers found:

Grace O'Connell, PhD, of the University of California, Berkeley, J. Kent Leach and Eric Klineberg, both from UC, Davis and UC, Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, Calif., published a new paper on tissue engineering for biologically repairing lumbar disc herniation.…

White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital added Adesh Tandon, MD, to its surgical oncology practice and cancer program, according to Armonk.

The United States intraoperative neuromonitoring market is expected to grow from 2016 to 2020, according to a Research and Markets report.

Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles combined adult stem cells with parathyroid hormone to see the impact on spinal bone fracture healing, according to Medical Xpress.

On Dec. 4, CBS aired a segment discussing a new treatment for chronic back pain sufferers.

James J. Lynch, MD, is a spinal neurosurgeon and founder of SpineNevada, locations in Reno, Sparks and Carson City, Nev.

Advanced Spine Institute in Houston will join the Back Pain Centers of America network.

Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center in Mishawaka, Ind., was awarded the Blue Distinction for Spine Surgery and Total Hip and Knee Surgery designation, according to Clearwater Tribune.