Spine

The International Spine Intervention Society awarded its lifetime achievement award last week during the society's annual meeting in Orlando, according to a Healio report.

A study published in Spine recently calculated the costs associated with incidental durotomy as a result of perioperative complications during spine surgery.

  Kadir Erkmen, MD, has been appointed associate professor of neurosurgery at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia and director of cerebrovascular neurosurgery and the neurosurgery residency program at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia.

Here are 10 spine surgeries made famous for pioneering in the field, the patient being treated and the impact these particular procedures had on American culture and society.

An article recently published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines the medical management of lumbar spine disease to find cost and quality value two years after surgery.

Irving, Texas-based SpineCARE opened a new clinic in Mansfield, Texas.

Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak (Mich.) unveiled its new $22 million neuroscience center.

William Montgomery, MD, a partner at Albany-based OrthoNY, served as the chairman of a minimally invasive spine course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., on Aug. 1.

  Here are 10 spine surgeons and neurosurgeons in the news this week.

An article published in the August edition of Spine examines the risk factors for dural tears in the cervical spine.