Spine

William Schueler, MD, has joined Naperville-Ill.-based Edward Neurosciences Institute, in affiliation with the Northwestern Medical Group.

  Here are 20 articles on spine surgery studies and their findings within the last month.

  A recent examination of 103 orthopedic spine patients examined how patients view spine surgeon reimbursement. The results were published in The Spine Journal.

Antonio E. Castellvi, MD, a spine surgeon and member of the International Advocates for Spine Patients, recently passed away.

Charles L. Branch, MD, has been asked to join the editorial board of Spine Surgery Today to be launched in March 2014, according to a Winston-Salem Journal report.

Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Mass., has named Alec L. Meleger, MD, director of interventional spine services, according a Wicked local Newton report.

An analysis of the information on the internet about the X-Stop spinal procedures was recently published in The Spine Journal to determine how public information online portrays controversy existing in the literature.

Minimally Invasive Surgery Institute in Cincinnati recently welcomed spine surgeon Jamal Taha, MD, to its medical staff.

J. Peter Witt, MD, a spine surgeon at the University of Colorado Hospital Spine Center in Aurora, is helping pioneer a new technique for treating herniated discs called percutaneous lumbar endoscopic discectomies or PELDs.

Researchers recently conducted an in vitro study on spinal burst fractures and the biomechanics underpinnings of the unexplained phenomenon, according to a study in The Spine Journal.