Spine

DFINE announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the EU-STAR Clinical Trial, to evaluate clinical outcomes in patients receiving treatment with the STAR Tumor Ablation System for the palliative treatment of metastatic spinal tumors.

  Raj N. Sureja, MD, of Orthopaedic & Spine Center in Newport News, Va., recently became the first physician in Virginia, and one of the first physicians in the United States, to use the Stryker TroFlex Curved Needle to treat…

Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta announced the establishment of a dedicated orthopedic joint and spine center.

Here are 13 administrators of spine-driven ambulatory surgery centers.

In August 2013, the Physician Payment Sunshine Act went into effect, meaning industry interactions with physicians were recorded and published online. The first set of interactions published on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services website were in September 2014,…

A study published in the International Journal of Spine Surgery last year examines the safety and feasibility of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion in an ambulatory setting.

Kimberly-Clark and U.S. Bank Equipment Finance-Healthcare Vendor Services announced a new agreement to provide innovative financing solutions for Kimberly-Clark Health Care clients who are purchasing clinical pain management equipment.

    Houston-based Mischer Neuroscience Institute announced that neurosurgeon Baraa Al-Hafez, MD, is now seeing patients in Katy, Texas, according to a Houston Chronicle report.

  An article recently published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examined the safety and accuracy of robot-assisted pedicle screw insertion.

Pasco, Wash.-based Lourdes Health Network will soon open a new inpatient unit as part of its Joint & Spine Center, according to a Tri-City Herald report.