Pediatric scoliosis is a spinal condition that occurs before the spine has matured when a child’s spine abnormally curves sideways or rotates. This is a fairly common spinal deformity with two to three percent of adolescents ages 10-18 presenting some form of scoliosis. While this starts as a cosmetic issue for most teens, severe scoliosis
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Ankylosing spondylitis (also called Bechterew’s disease) is a form of inflammatory arthritis and a condition that causes some of your vertebrae to fuse. Think about how you use your spine to bend, twist, and stretch throughout the day. You can enjoy such flexibility because your spine is made up of 26 connected vertebrae instead of
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Most people with degenerative disc disease can be successfully treated with nonsurgical options such as physical therapy, medications, or spinal injections. If nonsurgical treatments are ineffective, however, your spine surgeon may recommend surgery. The two main choices are spinal fusion and artificial disc replacement. If you are candidate for artificial disc replacement, it is almost
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From Qatar to Ecuador, three U.S. orthopedic and spine surgeons have taken their practices international since March 21. 1. Hamid Abbasi, MD, PhD, planned a trip to Ecuador to teach the oblique lateral lumbar interbody fusion procedure. Earlier this year, he traveled to Muscat, Oman to teach OLLIF. 2. Roger Härtl, MD, performed the first spine case
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The View Hospital which is in affiliation with Cedars-Sinai announces the recent visit of the world renowned spinal neurosurgeon Dr. Todd Lanman from Beverly Hills – U.S.A. who successfully performed a laminectomy procedure. The procedure was performed by a team of 15 medical staff members led by Dr. Todd Lanman who is recognized for
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., March 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Todd Lanman, MD and Lanman Spinal Neurosurgery announced completion of the first lumbar total joint replacement procedure in California as part of a pivotal clinical trial sponsored by 3Spine, Inc. The surgery was performed on an outpatient basis at the Advanced Surgery Center of Beverly Hills. MOTUS,
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Read More3Spine, Inc., a medical device company developing total joint replacement for the lumbar spine, today announced FDA Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval for their US pivotal clinical trial. The company previously completed contracting and site initiation at 16 US centers for a prospective real-world evidence (RWE) fusion study, which has been enrolling since May 2021. As
Read MoreBackground Given the increased attention to functional improvement in spine surgery as it relates to motion preservation, activities of daily living, and cost, it is critical to fully understand the healthcare economic impact of new devices being tested in large FDA randomized controlled trials (RCT). The purpose of this analysis was to comprehensively evaluate the
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