Spine

Researchers from New York-based Columbia University, New York University and the University of Pittsburgh investigated whether the "July effect" is evident in adult patients treated by neurosurgeons.

Björn Zoëga, MD, a spine surgeon and accomplished leader in the field of healthcare, will be assuming the position of CEO of GHP Stockholm Spine Center.

Pedicle subtraction osteotomies offer similar sagittal correction rates and complication rates in the primary and revision surgical settings.

The HackensackUMC Foundation has received a $100,000 to benefit the Caroline Vandemark Fund for Brain and Spine Tumor Research.

The Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group is devoting the December 2015 issue of Neurosurgical Focus to "Defining, Measuring, and Predicting Quality in Neurosurgery."

A two-year study of lumbar disc replacements was published in Spine this month.

Seth A. Grossman, MD, has joined The Center for Spinal Disorders in Englewood, N.J.

A new study published in The Spine Journal examines radiation exposure for patients undergoing CT navigation spinal instrumentation compared with conventional fluoroscopy.

Saeed Bajwa, MD, of Binghamton, N.Y.-based Southern New York NeuroSurgical Group, will now perform spine procedures with MAZOR Robotics technology.

A New Hampshire subcommittee voted to review a bill addressing the guidelines for prescribing opioids early in the 2016 session. The subcommittee hopes an agreement can be reached among the bill sponsors before lawmakers have to vote on it, according…