Spine

Salida, Colo.-based Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center medical clinics added Michael Madsen, MD, to its medical staff, according to a report by The Chaffee County Times.

Spine recently published an article examining the learning curve for minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.

Neuralstem announced that the first patient was treated last week in the Phase I trial testing of NSI-566 human neural stem cells in the treatment of chronic spinal cord injury at the UC San Diego School of Medicine.

A great bedside manner can help significantly improve patient experience and satisfaction. Six spine surgeons discuss what constitutes a good bedside manner and how to improve it.

  Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for Oct. 9, 2014.

An article published in Spine examined how smoking impacted posterolateral fusions.

Intermountain Spine & Orthopedics opened in Twin Falls, Idaho, according to a Magic Valley report.

Sierra Neurosurgery in Reno, Nev., added Dawn Waters, MD, to its medical staff.

  An article published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines the seven-year follow-up for patients who received the Prestige artificial disc in a prospective randomized controlled clinical trial.

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