icotec VADER® Pedicle System made of BlackArmor®
icotec, a Swiss medical device company focusing on the development of BlackArmor Carbon/PEEK implants, achieved a breakthrough with the world’s...
Read MoreSurgeon Focus – Walter Bini
This issue SSN talks to Walter Bini, a neurosurgeon and spine surgeon based in Germany, and president of the organising...
Read MoreHelmet use associated with reduced risk of cervical spine injury during motorcycle crashes
Despite claims that helmets do not protect the cervical spine during a motorcycle crash and may even increase the risk...
Read More9-11 May 2018, 34th Annual Meeting Cervical Spine Research Society – Europe; Lisbon, Portugal
Conference chair Oscar Alves welcomes delegates to this year's conference in Lisbon. Sessions will look at topics including cervical artificial...
Read MoreElectrical implant reduces ‘invisible’ symptoms of man’s spinal cord injury
An experimental treatment that sends electrical currents through the spinal cord has improved "invisible" yet debilitating side effects for a...
Read MoreBack pain is common in highly active older adults
In a Journal of the American Geriatrics Society study, many well-functioning and highly active older adults experienced back pain, which...
Read MoreParaplegic rats walk and regain feeling after stem cell treatment
Engineered tissue containing human stem cells has allowed paraplegic rats to walk independently and regain sensory perception. The implanted rats...
Read MoreMost patients with suspected spinal cord inflammation of unknown cause have an alternative, specific diagnosis
A study by Mayo Clinic researchers found that most patients with suspected spinal cord inflammation of unknown cause have an...
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