Spine

Alan S. Hilibrand, MD, has been elected chair of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Communications Cabinet.

Bone morphogenetic protein use increased significantly from 2002 to 2011, with off-label use accounting for a majority of BMP utilization, according to a new study published in Spine.

  DISC Sports & Spine Center in Marina Del Rey, Calif., is extending its relationship with the LA Kings ice hockey team.

Here five spine surgeons discuss aspects of the spine surgery industry that concerns them the most.

A review published in The Spine Journal found that there is no definitive method for diagnosing pseudarthrosis after spine fusion surgery besides surgical exploration, according to a Doctors Lounge report.

  Biologics is an emerging area of the spine field and while good work has been done in this space, there is plenty of room for additional development and acceptance.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons elected Raj Rao, MD, to its board of directors.

A group of Seattle spine surgeons recently compiled data on scoliosis patients managed with and without specific protocol to providing multidisciplinary care and published their results in Spine Deformity.

Here are seven things for spinal surgeons to know for March 13, 2014.

Judson Cook, MD, a neurosurgeon, is the first surgeon in Wyoming to perform cervical disc replacement surgery the PCM Cervical Disc device, according to a CBS 5 News report.