Spine

In early June, six-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Amy Van Dyken-Rouen was involved in an ATV accident that broke her spine and severed her spinal cord. Neurosurgeon Luis Manuel Tumialan, MD, performed successful surgery on the former Olympian. Here are…

  Scientists have identified two rare genetic mutations that greatly increase a child's chance of developing severe scoliosis, according to a report from HealthDay.

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

During a panel at the 12th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-driven ASC Conference + The Future of Spine in Chicago June 12, Stephen Hochschuler, MD, chairman at Plano-based Texas Back Institute; Kenneth Renkens, MD, senior partner with Indiana Spine…

  Neurosurgeons Ali Baaj, MD, and Kumar Kakarla, MD, have successfully performed corrective spine surgery on a severely deformed Ugandan orphan at the Tucson-based University of Arizona Medical Center.

Financial issues are top-of-mind for most surgeons today. Three spine surgeons discuss the financial challenges worrying them the most and how they feel about the future.

A new report from Research and Markets shows the United States spinal fusion market share will shrink over the next few years.

Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for June 19, 2014.

Hannibal (Mo.) Regional Hospital has opened the Hannibal Regional Spine Center, according to a 7 KHQA report.

Here are five important updates from professional spine societies in the last month: