Tag: Scoliosis Research Society

Scoliosis Research Society unveils its first female president

The Scoliosis Research Society (SRS), which was founded in 1966, has appointed its first ever female president. Serena Hu, professor of orthopaedic surgery at Stanford...
scoliosis and normal spine

RCT finds equivalent percentage coronal curve correction between low- and high-implant...

For Lenke 1A curves between 45 and 65 degrees treated with low- versus high-implant density in adult idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients, a prospective, multicentre,...

IMAST 2019: Incoming president’s highlights

Paul Sponseller, president elect of the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS), talks to Spinal News International about the 26th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques...

IMAST 2019: Longer term results needed to assess efficacy of growth...

Kenneth Cheung (Hong Kong) speaks to BLearning at IMAST 2019 (17 –20 July, Amsterdam) about how growth modulation techniques can be used to treat...

Dedicated surgical teams improve quality, safety and value in surgery for...

Dedicated surgical teams have been found to reduce surgical times and room times in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Surgical times decreased by...
Wellness

International interest in physician wellness escalates

Speaking anonymously to Spinal News International, a career and life coach for physicians said that the most effective way to address the issue of...

Scoliosis Research Society collaborates with corporate partners and International Spine Study...

The Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) has partnered with Globus Medical, K2M, Medtronic, NuVasive, Zimmer Biomet, and the International Spine Study Group Foundation (ISSGF) to...
Scoliosis in a 15-year-old

Researchers narrow in on genetic causes of scoliosis

Two presentations at the Scoliosis Research Society annual meeting (SRS; 6–9 October, Philadelphia, USA) have shed light on the genetic factors at play in...