Spine

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.

Here are 11 spine and neurosurgeons who were in the news this past week.

How does sagittal balance relate to clinical outcomes after spine surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy?

Doctors Hospital of Sarasota renovated its Orthopedic and Spine Institute as part of a planned $17 million upgrade, according to a Herald Tribune report. 

A group of researchers investigated the development and progression of heterotopic ossification after cervical disc replacement and published their results in Spine.

The Scoliosis Research Society SRS-22 Questionnaire is used to show increasing deformity in young people with idiopathic scoliosis, and researchers sought to consider whether scoliosis interferes with these patients' lives before diagnosis. They published their results in The Spine Journal.

Helius Medical Technologies named neurosurgeon Jennifer Sweet, MD, to its newly formed scientific and medical advisory board.

Endoscopic spine surgery has been around for many years, but the technique is just beginning to become more refined and more accessible to surgeons and patients in the United States. It's becoming more popular around the world as well.