Spine

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers pinpointed risk factors linked to hospital readmissions after pediatric neurosurgery. The study used the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric database.

Seattle-based University of Washington researchers are studying whether decreasing a spinal cord injury patient's body temperature after injury reduces the injury's severity, according to abc.

John Chen, BlackBerry's CEO, and his wife Sherry Chen, established the John S. and Sherry H. Chen Endowed Chair in Clinical Neurosurgery at University of California San Francisco Benioff Children's Oakland.

In the United States, neurosurgeons are paid approximately $368,010 per year, according to a Salary Voice report.

A new study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines emergency room visits for patients with low back pain.

Researchers analyzed the fusion rates of anterior lumbar interbody fusion, transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and axial arthordesis at the lumbosacral junction in adult patients. These patients experienced one- and two-level degenerative spine conditions, according to a Clinical Spine Surgery study.

Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center in Las Vegas opened a new orthopedic and spine unit, according to VegasInc.

The International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine awarded Swiss-Canadian spine surgeon Max Aebi, MD, the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award, according to Spine.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Pain Strategy focuses on the importance of self management and patient education for chronic pain improvement, according to newswise.

The American Pain Society announced the winners of its achievement awards, according to newswise.