Spine

A survey of 445 spine surgeons in the United States examines the difference in treatment for patients with recurrent lumbar disc herniation and published the findings in The Spine Journal.

Eric R. Ritchie, MD, a pediatric orthopedic and spine surgeon practicing at the Children's Orthopaedic & Spine Center in San Antonio, will be seeing patients in a satellite office in Boerne, Texas.

The Orthopaedic & Spine Center in Newport News, Va., announced it has donated nearly $350 to the Foodbank of the Virginia Peninsula due to its supporters on Facebook.

North American Spine Society member Alan Brown, MD, JD, recently met with United States Representative Adam Smith to discuss important policy issues for spine patients and surgeons, according to a NASS news release.

Patients with a history of hypertension could have an increased likelihood of being readmitted despite avoiding a complication, following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion surgery, according to a study published in Spine.

Lawrenceville, Ga.-based Gwinnett Medical Group announced the addition of Matthew M. Kimball, MD, to medical staff at The Brain & Spine Institute in Lawrenceville, according to a Gwinnett Citizen report.

A group of researchers published an article in The Spine Journal examines adjacent segment pathology for patients after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with a minimum of 10 year follow-ups.

Here are six things for spine surgeons to know for Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014.

Researchers recently published an article in Spine examining the prevalence of thoracic scoliosis in patients 50 years and older.

Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, Calif., announced that it has begun using Mazor Robotics' Renaissance surgical guidance system, according to an Oceanside-Camp Pendleton Patch report.