Spine

InVivo Therapeutics enrolled the second patient in their Neuro-Spinal Scaffold to treat traumatic spinal cord injury.

A study recently published on reoperation rates after spinal metastases surgical treatment examines why patients undergo additional surgery and outcomes after the revision. The results were published in The Spine Journal.

In September, the White House moved to take on the scourge of antibiotic-resistant bacteria through an extensive, multi-pronged battle plan. Now, one physician says by changing how antibiotics are administered, physicians could possibly reduce the rates of infection after surgery…

A study published in The Spine Journal examines the preoperative predictors of increased hospital costs for elective anterior cervical fusions.

Northwestern Medicine recently launched a 1 million-square-foot multidisciplinary outpatient center on the health system's downtown medical campus in Chicago.

Dionysios Klironomos, MD, a neurosurgeon from Duluth, Minn., has joined the Ohio Health MedCentral hospitals, reports the Mansfield News Journal.

Michael H. Heggeness, MD, was recently the recipient of the North American Spine Society's Henry Farfan Award, reports AAOS Now.

A new randomized, controlled study published in The Spine Journal found percutaneous laser disc decompression, then surgery if needed, had similar outcomes to surgery.

Phoenix-based The CORE Institute, added Tammy J. Penhollow, DO, to its physician team.

Mohammad Diab, MD, and his longtime patient, Carol Tran, are working together to design an app that helps sufferers of scoliosis parse through some of the more difficult aspects of pre- and postoperation life, reports KTVU news.