1 February 2017

Meeting preview – BASS 2017; Manchester

The 2017 BASS meeting is taking place on 15–17 March 2017 at the Lowry Theatre, set in a magnificent waterside...

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30 January 2017

Robot-guided, less-invasive spinal surgery is no myth

Robot-guided spinal surgery benefits patients by not only lowering tissue damage but also minimising recovery time. Bhawna Rath looks into...

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27 January 2017

VADER® and LightMore® – Pedicle Screw Systems made from BlackArmor® Carbon/PEEK material

PROMOTIONAL FEATURE The aging population and the increasing healthcare cost are one of the hot topics in spine surgery. In...

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20 January 2017

HRH The Princess Royal officially opens Livability’s Spinal Injury Centre

HRH The Princess Royal has officially opened a new Livability facility in Dorset – the Livability Spinal Injury Centre. It...

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9 January 2017

icotec LightMore® Pedicle System made from BlackArmor®

icotec, a Swiss medical device company focusing on the development of BlackArmor® Carbon/PEEK implants, achieved a breakthrough with the world’s...

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4 January 2017

DIPLOMAT® MIS – Minimal-invasive posterior instrumentation

The DIPLOMAT pedicle screws are available as a two-piece implant. The polyaxial screws can be individually combined with the separately...

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2 January 2017

Money Matters – Will you face substantial tax charges?

Simon Bruce on why you must check your pension savings. The annual allowance – the amount you can pay into...

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30 December 2016

DePuy Synthes Spine introduces Zero-Profile Plate with allograft spacer for neck surgery

The SYNFIX® Evolution System is a new implant for stand-alone Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF) that provides superior biomechanical stability...

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