Spine

Daniel Yoshor, MD, has been named chair of neurosurgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

The Spine Journal published a report recently comparing the results from the SPORT lumbar disc herniation cohort with the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database to identify different trends in disc herniation treatment. 

Most spine surgeons would say a successful surgery looks like this: lower postoperative pain scores, increased functional scores and images show a solid fusion; the patient isn't readmitted to the hospital and doesn't complain of any further complications.

Gregory LeBleu, MD, will serve as the medical director of Leesville (La.) Rehabilitation Hospital and Leesville-based Tri Parish Rehabilitation Hospitals, according to a Leesville Daily Leader report.

Next year is looking pretty good to spine device company LDR, known for their cervical disc replacement technology. The Mobi-C cervical disc is the only artificial disc approved by the Food and Drug Administration for two-level procedures, a trait that…

A second person in China has received 3D printed vertebrae in a first-of-its-kind surgery at Zhejiang University School of Medicine in China, according to a 3d Print report.

Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for Dec. 11, 2014.

Three spine surgeons discuss the latest technology they have incorporated in their practices and how it is helping them.

Fred Sweet, MD, of Rockford (Ill.) Spine Center presented the results of a study on the effectiveness of an infection control technique he developed at the Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting & Course, Sept. 10 to 13 in Anchorage, Alaska.

John Prunskis, MD, FIPP, recently spoke at the Illinois Osteopathic Medical Society seminar discussing reflex sympathetic dystrophy/chronic regional pain syndrome.