Spine

A new study published in Spine assesses the radiation exposure during robot-guided vertebral body augmentation compared to fluoroscopy.

North American Spine announced the addition of orthopedic spine surgeon Jeffrey Wingate, MD, to its back pain treatment team.

Sepideh Amin-Hanjani, MD, has been elected as a member-at-large of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons' executive committee for a two-year term, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

The Semmes-Murphey Clinic in Memphis, Tenn., has added Paul Klimo, MD, to its medical staff, according to a Memphis Business Journal report.

Interventional augmentation procedures for spine compression fractures have proven to strengthen bones for longer and result in shorter hospitals stays than non-operative treatment, such as bed rest, pain control and physical therapy, researchers at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore found.

Gary Michelson, MD, a retired orthopedic surgeon and spine device inventor, donated $50 million to the University of Southern California for the construction of a bioscience research building, according to a Los Angeles Times report.

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A new study published in Spine examines the 30-day readmission predictors for patients after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.

Marius Maxwell, MD, founded a new spine center — Arctic Spine — in Anchorage, Alaska, according to an Alaska Journal of Commerce report.

Business Dynamics announced it is celebrating 15 years of providing spine coding, billing and collection services to the spine industry.