The past decade has witnessed a virtual renaissance in spinal surgery. Both orthopaedic and neurological surgeons specialising in this field have seen a proliferation of new techniques and technologies for improving patient care and outcomes when a surgical correction is indicated
The EFORT congress organisers spoke to Enrique Caceres Palou for Spinal News International, and he pointed out some of the highlights of the upcoming forum.
Eurospine president speaks to Spinal News International about what sparked his interest in medicine, discovering potential in the field of spine research and setting up the Grammer award.
Thomas J Errico tells Spinal News International how a large part of his fascination for work comes from the challenges associated with sometimes completely changing the "shape" of a person.
Lawrence Lenke, the man behind the Lenke system of classification, tells Spinal News International about how fortunate he feels to be able to limit his practice exclusively to treating patients of any age with spinal deformity
When a young Olympic gold-winning gymnast turned to medicine to specialise in orthopaedics, she never foresaw that one day, she would help develop the world’s first total disc replacement, and forever change the standard of spine surgery. Karin Buettner-Janz, outgoing president of Spine Arthroplasty Society (SAS), told Spinal News International about her journey.
DePuy Spine has announced the launch of the Expedium Vertebral Body Derotation Set to help surgeons correct spinal alignment and decrease rib rotation in patients with scoliosis, a condition affecting around six million people in the US.
Minimus Spine recently announced today that it received its first US patent describing techniques to create and deliver intradiscal ozone injections to treat disc herniation.
Medtronic has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has classified its voluntary recall action of the Intrepid Intervertebral Body Fusion Device as a Class II recall.
