Spine

The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery has released guidelines for vertebral augmentation.

Domagoj Coric, MD, board member of the ISASS sister organization International Advocates for Spine Patients, has written a response to the recently released BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina's "Let's Talk Cost" statement.  

At the 2013 Dream & Promise Awards Benefit, the Children's Brain Tumor Foundation granted Ira Abbott, MD, the Pioneer Award for Pediatric Surgical Neuro-Oncology.

Jeffrey Wang, MD, is a professor of orthopedic surgery and neurosurgery at the UCLA David School of Medicine. He is also the chief of orthopedic spine surgery service and spine fellowship director.

Eric Woodard, MD, board-certified neurosurgeon and chief medical officer of InVivo Therapeutics, will participate in an FDA trial of InVivo's implantable scaffold device for treatment of spinal cord injuries, according to a wbur report.

In a study recently published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, researchers examined complications surrounding the treatment of spine trauma in morbidly obese patients.  

Jeffrey Carlson, managing partner of Orthopaedic & Spine Center in Newport News, Va., has performed a successful procedure with SpineFrontier's FacetFuse Screw System in conjunction with SpineFrontier's P-TLIF Lumbar Interbody Fusion Device System.

Jason Huffman, board-certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in spine, has joined St. Helena (Calif.) Hospital as part of the hospital's expansion of orthopedic services.

The Concierge Medicine Research Collective recently released data from surveys of concierge medicine and direct pay primary care physicians conducted December 2009 through December 2012.

A new study released by the IMS Institute shows office visits are on the decline in the United States.