Spine

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.

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.