Sea urchin spines could fix bones
More than 2 million procedures every year take place around the world to heal bone fractures and defects from trauma or disease,...
Read More22 November–1 December 2017, CCN Review; Krakow, Poland
The Comprehensive Clinical Neurosurgery (CCN) is designed to review neurosurgery in the most dynamic and interactive manner based on case...
Read MoreGrowth hormone therapy enhances recovery of patients with spinal damage
Growth hormone treatment combined with physical therapy over six months significantly improved sensory function in patients with complete spinal injuries....
Read MoreSpinal manipulation therapy associated with improvements in pain and function
Among patients with acute low back pain, spinal manipulation therapy was associated with modest improvements in pain and function at...
Read MoreGenerating improvement in spinal cord injuries
The use of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells to treat spinal cord injuries has shown promising results in early clinical trials at...
Read MoreNew beds at RNOH spinal cord injury centre will significantly reduce waiting times
Construction has begun on the expansion of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital’s London Spinal Cord Injury Centre in Stanmore The...
Read MoreWhiplash prognosis: what is the role of pathology?
Physiotherapist Chris Worsfold talks to Spinal Surgery News about identifying and managing risk factors for poor recovery following whiplash injury...
Read MoreAnterior vertebral body tethering: a promising non-fusion scoliosis treatment
Ahmet Alanay, Caglar Yilgor, Gokhan Ergene, Nuray Sogunmez and Barbaros Omer Cebeci discuss an alternative to bracing and fusion for...
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