Spine

Golisano Children's Hospital at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center has purchased the EOS machine for imaging of pediatric patients with spine conditions such as scoliosis.

Nashville Neurosurgery Group has bought a $1.73 million medical office building in Nashville as well as three adjacent parcels of land, according to a report by The Tennessean.

A team of researchers recently published an article in Spine examining posterolateral instrumented lumbar fusion using rhBMP-2.

Here are seven things for spine surgeons to know for Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013.

Aury Nagy, MD, announced the opening of his practice — Nevada Brain & Spine Care — with offices in Las Vegas, Henderson, Nev., and Bullhead City, Ariz.

Titan Spine, a medical device surface technology company, announced that it is sponsoring a physician education workshop at the Deutsche Wirbelsäulengesellschaft German Spine Conference, in Frankfurt, Germany.

Ambulatory lumbar discectomy access is most common among white, male patients with private insurance and in a higher volume hospital setting, according to an article recently published in The Spine Journal.

Technological advancement now allows spine surgeons to perform simple and some more complex procedures with less invasive techniques, and spine surgeons going through training are increasingly interested in adopting them.

Ezriel Kornel, MD, recently opened an office in Fishkill, N.Y., according to a report by the Hudson Valley Reporter.

Snellville, Ga.-based Atlanta Neurosurgical Associates has joined the Decatur, Ga.-based DeKalb Medical Physicians Group, part of DeKalb Regional Health System.