Spine

Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for Oct. 30, 2014.

  Clinical innovation moves at breakneck speed, and this year saw a number of 'firsts' in spine surgery. Here are four that could potentially change the spine industry:

Debra Petrucci, MD, joined the medical staff of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital and Yale School of Medicine as an associate professor of neurosurgery. 

A study found patients treated with Pacira Pharmaceuticals' EXPAREL experienced statistically significant lower rates of urinary retention, respiratory depression and fall risk compared to their counterparts in a control group.

JAMA Surgery published a cost-effectiveness study on two-level artificial disc replacement using the Mobi-C Cervical Disc from LDR, comparing the procedure to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.

A study evaluating the impact of high obesity on lumbar spinal condition treatment was published in the recent edition of Spine.

At the 21st Annual Becker's ASC Conference in Chicago on Oct. 24, Kinglsey R. Chin, MD, orthopedic and spine surgeon, president and CEO, chief technology officer of SpineFrontier, located in Beverly, Mass., and Lane Spero, MD, orthopedic surgeon of Litchfield…

  An article published in Spine examines the cost-effectiveness of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion as well as cervical disc replacement at five years using the Markov analysis.

Several spine specialty societies have come together to create a new document of universally-accepted definitions for spine conditions.

Physicians at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago developed a free assessment tool to measure a child's growth and monitor their spine health allowing for early detection of scoliosis.