Spine

Here are 10 spine surgeons and neurosurgeons who made or announced transitions in March 2015.

A new study published in The Spine Journal examines the short term percutaneous pedicle screw fixation with cement augmentation for patients with tumor-induced spinal instability.

Baton Rouge-based Louisiana Back Institute added two new pain management specialists, Stephen Wyble, MD, and Eric Lonseth, MD, to its team.

The Irvine (Calif.) Stem Cell Treatment Center is conducting a series of free public seminars on the use of adult stem cells for a number of degenerative and inflammatory conditions.

Here are five spine surgeries for patients with high stakes and miraculous recoveries.

A new study published in Spine examines the cost and effectiveness of three corpectomy techniques for destructive thoracolumbar spine disease.

Michael Glover, MD, has been named Flagstaff (Ariz.) Medical Center's 2015 Nathan Avery Physician of the Year, according to an AZ Daily Sun report.

Glenn B. Anderson, MD, recently joined Houston Methodist Neurological Institute at Willowbrook and celebrated the opening of his practice, according to a Cypress Creek Mirror report.

Reprinted with permission.   From: 1Pain Management Center of Paducah, Paducah, KY, and University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; and 2Mid Atlantic Spine & Pain Physicians, Newark, DE, and Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.

Scoliosis Research Society leaders are calling for a consensus definition for using "early onset scoliosis" to describe scoliosis development in young children.