Spine

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Maryville, Tenn.,-based Blount Memorial Hospital recently announced it purchased a new piece of imaging equipment that'll mean better results for spinal pain sufferers, reports the Daily Times.

We asked orthopedic surgeons around the country what they felt would be one of the most important issues this upcoming year across the industry.

A new study published in Spine examines lumbar reposition error in patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain.

Neurosurgeon Alan Scarrow, MD, was named president of Mercy Springfield Communities, according to a KSMU report.

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons released the 2015 legislative agenda for health policy action items for the new Congress.

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus is planning a $14.3 million Brain and Spine Institute, according to a Columbus Business First report.

A new article published in The Spine Journal compares open and minimally invasive approaches to posterior cervical foraminotomy.

The Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke's University Health Network is six months into a clinical study on a neuro-stimulation implant known as Burst during spinal cord stimulation surgery, reports Lehigh Valley Business.

Here are six points on who is hot, and who is not, in the spine field this past week.