5 December 2019

Animal-assisted therapy aids in spinal cord injury recovery

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have partnered with Hand in Paw, Alabama’s animal-assisted therapy (AAT) provider, to assess the efficacy...

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3 December 2019

A new opportunity for spinal surgery: BlackArmor® Carbon/PEEK implants

Promotional feature Spinal implants from icotec enable a more efficient, focused and better therapy for tumours with the metal-free BlackArmor®...

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28 November 2019

Regenerative medicine technology targets cause of low back pain

Regenerative medicine technology tBiomedical engineering professors Devina Purmessur and Natalia Higuita-Castro are leading an interdisciplinary team at The Ohio State...

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27 November 2019

23-24 January 2020, Anatomy and surgical exposure in orthopaedics course; Oswestry

The course is primarily aimed as preparation for FRCS (Tr&Orth) examinations and is appropriate for all levels of Orthopaedic Trainee...

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26 November 2019

Survey reveals 80 per cent of women are unaware that sacroiliac joint issues are a leading cause of chronic lower back pain after pregnancy

A survey of 1,000 women (age 35 to 60) conducted by SI-BONE Inc., found that 86 per cent of respondents...

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21 November 2019

Researchers explore spinal discs’ early response to injury and ways to improve it

Researchers may have found a way to press pause on spinal disc injuries, giving doctors more time to treat them...

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19 November 2019

26-27 March 2020, Oxford Bone Infection Conference; Oxford – POSTPONED

UPDATE: Coronavirus (13 March 2020):  Earlier today, a joint policy statement was issued by the Royal Surgical Colleges cancelling all non-essential...

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19 November 2019

25-27 March 2020, The Society of British Neurological Surgeons Spring Meeting; Dundee – POSTPONED

POSTPONED For the latest updates, please visit: https://www.sbns.org.uk/index.php/conferences/dundee-2020/ The SBNS Spring meeting will be hosted by our colleagues at Ninewells Hospital...

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