Spinal Elements announces initial procedures with Lucent XP Expandable interbody implant
US company Spinal Elements announced that the first procedures with its Lucent XP expandable interbody implant have been successfully completed....
Read MoreScotland’s first integrated spinal clinic opens, as research reveals three in four Scots suffer from back pain
Scotland’s first integrated specialist spinal clinic opened its doors earlier this year, as research from Nuffield Health reveals that over...
Read MoreFootball boosts bone development in boys
In a study comparing adolescent football players to swimmers, cyclists and a control group of boys not involved in regular...
Read MoreScottish surgeons hope to become first in UK to use new technique to treat twisted spines
The Scottish National Spine Deformity Service (SNSDS), based at NHS Lothian, currently offers spinal fusion operations to patients whose curvature...
Read MoreVirtual reality eases phantom limb pain
A new test devised by researchers at Aalborg University in Denmark shows that virtual reality technology can trick the amputee’s...
Read MoreEUROSPINE’s best in show
Get acquainted with three of the six abstract submissions for EUROSPINE 2017, which have been elected as Best of Show and will...
Read MoreStretching the boundaries of neural implants
Implantable fibres have been an enormous boon to brain research, allowing scientists to stimulate specific targets in the brain and...
Read MoreSurgeons meet with a focus on trauma and tumour
President of DWG 2017 Cristian Knop welcomes colleagues and delegates to the German Spine Congress 2017, in Stuttgart, taking place...
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