Spine

The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery's policy statement on cervical cage coverage was published last year. However, insurance company denials continue to plague many surgeons across the country.

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

Neel Anand, MD, and Vinod Agrawal, MD, co-founded the Indo-American Medical Research Charitable Trust.

ICNA Relief USA presented neurosurgeon Saeed Bajwa, MD, of Binghamton, N.Y., with the ICNA Relief USA Award of Appreciation.

Researchers analyzed whether certain degenerative spondylolisthesis patients are treatable with isolated decompression, according to a Clinical Spine Surgery study.

Paralyzed Veterans of America supports the Senate passing the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2017, according to EIN News.

Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for May 19, 2016.

Alexander P. Hersel, MD, and Bradley Spiegel, MD, of Pain Management & Injury Relief Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif., have begun offering 10-kHz High-frequency therapy spinal cord stimulation for back and leg pain.

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford University School of Medicine researchers studied folic acid's impact on brain and spine birth defects, according to Medical Xpress. The U.S. food supply fortification with folic acid was expected to decrease these birth defects.

In India, one in five people aged between 20 years and 30 years are experiencing spinal complications, according to The Health Site.