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Surgeons have a lower preference for back surgery than family doctors

Surgeons are less likely than family physicians or patients to view surgery as the preferred treatment option for low back pain, according to a study in the January 1 issue of Spine.

29 Jan 2010

Life Spine's DYNA-LINK Spinal System and PRESIDIO Spinal Plating System receive FDA marketing clearance

Life Spine announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given 510(k) marketing clearance to both the DYNA-LINK Spinal System and the PRESIDIO Spinal Plating System.

28 Jan 2010

Kensey Nash announces financial results for second quarter of fiscal year 2010

Kensey Nash Corporation, a leading medical technology company that provides innovative solutions and technologies for a wide range of medical procedures, today reported the results for its three and six months ended December 31, 2009.

28 Jan 2010

Zimmer Holdings reports net sales of $1.11 billion for the fourth-quarter of 2009

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009. The Company reported fourth quarter net sales of $1.11 billion, an increase of 7.5% reported and 2.5% constant currency over the fourth quarter of 2008. Diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $0.74 reported and $1.12 adjusted, an increase of 12.0% adjusted over the prior year period.

28 Jan 2010

Workers' compensation status may affect treatment outcomes for herniated disks

Surgery provides better results than nonsurgical treatment for most patients with back pain related to a herniated disk—but not for those receiving workers' compensation for work-related injuries, reports a study in the January 1 issue of Spine.

28 Jan 2010

Spine Pain Management announces revenue guidance for the fourth-quarter and year ending Dec. 31, 2009

Spine Pain Management, Inc., through its Chairman/CEO Dr. William Donovan, today issued revenue guidance for the fourth quarter and year ending Dec. 31, 2009. Spine Pain Management, Inc. began operations of its first clinic in Houston, TX late September 2009. Revenues for the three months ending Dec. 31, 2009 were approximately $730,000.

28 Jan 2010

Software tool helps medical service providers respond to serious incidents and disasters affecting children

A statistical study by a specialist group at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and the University of Southern California indicates that the victims of the January 12 quake include an extraordinarily high number of children- more than 110,000, nearly half of the estimated total.

28 Jan 2010

Heavy backpacks can increase back pain in children

Heavy backpacks place a measurable strain on the spines of children, with heavier loads causing greater spinal strain and increased back pain, reports a study in the January 1 issue of Spine.

28 Jan 2010

Exactech to fund more than $100,000 in research and residency enhancement grants through OREF's CDP

Exactech Inc., a developer and producer of bone and joint restoration products for hip, knee, shoulder, spine and biologic materials, announced today that the company has committed more than $100,000 to fund research and residency enhancement grants and contribute to post-graduate fellowship grants through OREF’s Clinician Development Program (CDP).

27 Jan 2010

Regular exercise associated with greater longevity and reduced risk of age-related conditions

Physical activity appears to be associated with a reduced risk or slower progression of several age-related conditions as well as improvements in overall health in older age, according to a commentary and four articles published in the January 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

27 Jan 2010

OrthoPediatrics to distribute ETEX products in U.S. and Canada

ETEX Corporation, an advanced biomaterials company, announced today a distribution agreement with OrthoPediatrics Corp., of Warsaw, Indiana. OrthoPediatrics will market and sell ETEX's nanocrystalline calcium phosphate on a non-exclusive basis in the United States and Canada.

27 Jan 2010

Pro-Dex' customer abandons commercialization of new battery-powered shaver system

PRO-DEX, INC. today announced that one of its customers has elected to not bring to market a product developed by Pro-Dex under a Development Agreement with such customer and, instead, will pay a $250,000 fee pursuant to its agreement with Pro-Dex.

23 Jan 2010

Enrollment complete in Vertos Medical's U.S. IRB I "mild" procedure Patient Outcomes Trial

Medical device company Vertos Medical Inc. has announced the completion of enrollment in its post-market U.S. IRB (Institutional Review Board) I Patient Outcomes Trial, a 75-patient study of the mild procedure. The open-label, single-arm, prospective, IRB-approved study is intended to gather patient outcomes data following treatment for symptomatic central canal spinal stenosis using proprietary mild devices. Results from the trial, which is being conducted by 14 investigators at academic and private practice settings across the United States, are expected to be published during 2010.

21 Jan 2010

$SIR supports use of vertebral augmentation for patients with spine fractures$

SIR supports use of vertebral augmentation for patients with spine fractures

Given the current controversy over vertebroplasty-a minimally invasive treatment performed by interventional radiologists in individuals with painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures that fail to respond to conventional medical therapy-what's a patient to do?

20 Jan 2010

Use of braces in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is still an area of controversy

The use of braces to correct excessive curvature of the spine, or scoliosis, in adolescents is still an area of controversy — and is likely to remain that way until there is better evidence, concludes a new review of published research. Although some evidence points toward a benefit from using braces, research has failed to prove definitively that they work.

20 Jan 2010

The Methodist Hospital initiates program on nanotechnology in orthopedics and spine surgery

A new research program at The Methodist Hospital in Houston is the nation's first dedicated solely to advancing nanotechnology in orthopedics and spine surgery.

19 Jan 2010

Neurosurgical journals influence neurosurgeons and their patients

A compendium of articles in the Journal of Neurosurgery (JNS) provides evidence that specialty medical journals are not only an invaluable resource to physicians and researchers, but to the media and public. Clinical and basic science papers do not have to be published in large, high-impact publications to garner attention, and in fact when it comes to specialized areas of medicine such as neurosurgery, publications devoted to the subspecialty produce many citation classics. "Citation classic" is a term given to articles that have been cited more than 400 times.

18 Jan 2010

Risks associated with opioid pain medications may outweigh surgery risks

Despite limited evidence of long-term success in using opioid pain medications for chronic low back pain, opioid prescribing has increased in recent years for back pain and other non-cancer pain indications.

18 Jan 2010

Massage, manipulation and other hands-on approaches can reduce chronic pain

The January issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource discusses the uses and benefits of massage, spinal manipulation, and Rolfing, as well as the Alexander technique and the Feldenkrais method

18 Jan 2010

Abraxis Bioscience awards John Wayne Cancer Institute $1M grant for identifying new cancer biomarkers

A $1 million grant from Abraxis Bioscience, Inc. to a world-famous research laboratory at John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John’s Health Center could help save lives of cancer patients by helping doctors more rapidly assess whether a treatment is working or not.

12 Jan 2010

Spine News and Research

Surgeons have a lower preference for back surgery than family doctors

Life Spine's DYNA-LINK Spinal System and PRESIDIO Spinal Plating System receive FDA marketing clearance

Kensey Nash announces financial results for second quarter of fiscal year 2010

Zimmer Holdings reports net sales of $1.11 billion for the fourth-quarter of 2009

Workers' compensation status may affect treatment outcomes for herniated disks

Spine Pain Management announces revenue guidance for the fourth-quarter and year ending Dec. 31, 2009

Software tool helps medical service providers respond to serious incidents and disasters affecting children

Heavy backpacks can increase back pain in children

Exactech to fund more than $100,000 in research and residency enhancement grants through OREF's CDP

Regular exercise associated with greater longevity and reduced risk of age-related conditions

OrthoPediatrics to distribute ETEX products in U.S. and Canada

Pro-Dex' customer abandons commercialization of new battery-powered shaver system

Enrollment complete in Vertos Medical's U.S. IRB I "mild" procedure Patient Outcomes Trial

SIR supports use of vertebral augmentation for patients with spine fractures

Use of braces in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is still an area of controversy

The Methodist Hospital initiates program on nanotechnology in orthopedics and spine surgery

Neurosurgical journals influence neurosurgeons and their patients

Risks associated with opioid pain medications may outweigh surgery risks

Massage, manipulation and other hands-on approaches can reduce chronic pain

Abraxis Bioscience awards John Wayne Cancer Institute $1M grant for identifying new cancer biomarkers

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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