Spine

Here are eight things for spine surgeons to know for Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013.

Spine surgeons and researchers recently studied patients who underwent cervical laminoplasty and posterior cervical laminectomy and fusion for cervical spondylotic myelopathy to compare costs and published the results in the International Journal of Spine Surgery.

San Antonio-based Victory Medical Center recently named Karl Swann, MD, medical director at Victory Medical Center Landmark.

Carol A. Mancuso, MD, and his colleagues from the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, have developed a patient-derived survey to record patient expectations of lumbar spine surgery, according to a study published in The Journal of Bone &…

Stacey Q. Wolfe, MD, neurosurgeon at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., has joined a satellite practice in Lexington, N.C., according to a report by The Dispatch.

TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., has opened the $3.5 million Joint and Spine Center, according to a Nashville Business Journal report.

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System announced it has added a new neurosurgery residency program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

Spine surgeon researchers led by Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, conducted a study to develop a widely accepted, comprehensive thoracolumbar spine injury classification system and then published their results in Spine.

Monica C. Wehby, MD, a neurosurgeon based in Portland, Ore., announced she would resign her post on the American Association of Neurological Surgeons board of directors to run for the United States Senate.

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