Spine

Researchers recently compared 90 female patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with two different methods of incision closure. Their results were published in Spine.

Aesculap Academy is offering a surgical skills course for neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons with a special interest in spine surgery.

Spine Institute Northwest's Solomon Kamson, MD, is speaking on minimally invasive spine surgery procedures at the World Congress of the World Federation of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery in Turkey.

  A new study published in Spine examines whether the surgical first assistant's level of training matters in scoliosis outcomes.

Here are 33 spine surgeons who perform artificial disc replacement procedures.

Patrick A. Roth, MD, chairman of neurosurgery at Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center, has been named has been included in Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Edition, a publication that highlights the professional lives of individuals who have contributed significantly to their…

Marina del Rey, Calif.-based DISC Sports & Spine Center has established a new division — the Newport Beach Spine Group — at its Newport Beach location.

The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery participated in a conference call with the American Medical Association addressing the SGR repeal legislation.

A group of researchers recently examined 54 patients undergoing L4/5 posterior lumbar interbody fusion to identify the risk factor for adjacent segment disease and efficacy of simultaneous decompression for symptomatic ASD. The results were published in the Journal of Spinal…

Lancaster, Pa.-based Brain Orthopedic Spine Specialists has named Robert T. Still CEO, according to a Lancaster Online report.