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Many spine surgeons, neurosurgeons and leaders throughout the industry are advancing the space through their work, achievements and innovations.  Here are 25 power players in spine surgery: Note: ...
When a piece of hardware – like a screw – needs to be inserted into a patient’s spine, it’s important that it is placed in ...
Spinal health impacts nerves, posture, and mobility. Learn ergonomic fixes, exercises, and signs of trouble to protect your ...
CGBIO, a South Korea-based company, earned the FDA’s investigational device exemption approval for its Novosis putty for spinal fusions. The bone graft incorporates rhBMP-2 and is designed to enhance ...
Pseudoarthrosis occurs when bones don’t heal after a fracture or bone surgery. When pseudoarthrosis affects the cervical or lumbar spine, it means that two vertebrae did not grow together after ...
Spinal stenosis exercise programs should be focused on improving spinal flexibility, strengthening the muscles of the trunk and lower extremities, and general overall conditioning to improve spinal ...
WILLOW SPRINGS, Ill. (WGN) — There has been an extraordinary step forward in the treatment of spinal cord injuries. For the patients who come through the door of the Next Steps clinic in ...
Only rarely, however, does such a hemangioma cause spinal-cord compression. Myelocompression by hemangioma of the cervical vertebral bodies is particularly unusual. Since early recognition and ...
Spinal cord diseases are a heterogeneous group of conditions that cause damage or dysfunction of the spinal cord. They include infections, inflammatory disorders, vascular diseases and disorders ...
It’s hard to think that the world of stadium hard-rock had such little self-awareness playing underneath inflatable demons and shoddy pyrotechnics back in the day, but then a world before Spinal Tap ...
Alternative methods for tracheal intubation such as using a flexible intubation scope, video laryngoscope, and supraglottic airway device are recommended for patients with cervical spine injuries to ...