Spine

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

Tampa-based Laser Spine Institute welcomed Troy Caron, DO, Raj Kakarlapudi, MD, and Jeff Martin, MD, to its team. These surgeons will treat patients at surgery centers.

Michael Sprintz, DO, joined North American Spine as a partner physician.

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NYU Langone physicians have developed a new method of incision closures for scoliosis surgeries, which decreases the possible rate of infection. The Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics published the study.

Lumbar spine bone density contributes to an increase in fracture risk in women, according to Endocrinology Advisor. The Journal of Bone and Mineral Research published the study.

Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine in Huntington, W. Va., will add a neurosurgery department, according to WTRF.com.

Kevin Pauza, MD, founding partner of Texas Spine and Joint Hospital, received 16 medical technology patents for a biologic disc regrowth treatment.

Carl Giordano, MD, of Atlantic Spine Specialists, has been injured in a small single-engine plane crash, according to a Daily Record report.