Tag: scoliosis
PathKeeper enters into agreement with Mayo Clinic for low-radiation paediatric spine...
PathKeeper Surgical has announced that it has entered into a know-how agreement with Mayo Clinic to research radiation levels in paediatric spine surgeries. The...
Reducing intraoperative cone beam CT radiation dose does not increase risk...
Reducing the radiation dose of intraoperative cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) during posterior spinal fusion (PSF) for paediatric scoliosis does not lead to an...
IMAST 2022: Vitamin D deficiency may play a role in the...
Dietary vitamin D supplementation can potentially offer a benefit to those with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), according to new research which found that a...
IMAST 2022: Use of low radius of curvature implants increases the...
In patients with early onset scoliosis (EOS), implants with a lower radius of curvature (ROC) are associated with an increased risk of clinically significant...
Vast majority of scoliosis patients who develop a major neurological deficit...
Almost 90% of scoliosis patients who develop a major neurological deficit after corrective surgery either partially or completely recover within two years, a recent...
Auctus Surgical granted FDA breakthrough device designation for vertebral body tethering...
Auctus Surgical has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) breakthrough device designation for its vertebral body tethering (VBT) system, which the company says...
Spino Modulation granted FDA breakthrough device designation for MIScoli vertebral body...
Spino Modulation, a subsidiary of Spinologics, has been granted breakthrough device designation by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its MIScoli system,...
OrthoPediatrics gains expanded approval for Response scoliosis system
OrthoPediatrics has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expand the indications for its Response scoliosis system to include...
Shape analysis could predict postoperative results in AIS surgery
Procrustes analysis—a form of statistical shape analysis—could be used to predict postoperative results in advance of surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), a study...
Computer-aided method has potential for measuring Cobb angle on chest X-rays
A new study, published in the European Spine Journal, suggests that a computer-aided method has the potential for automatic Cobb angle measurement and scoliosis...
OrthoPediatrics announces full-scale US launch of small stature scoliosis system
The RESPONSE 4.5/5.0mm System (OrthoPediatrics) has been launched in the USA. The company’s newest system, which received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k)...
Children’s Scoliosis Foundation offers members health management app via Backpack Health
Backpack Health’s cloud-based mobile app offers paediatric scoliosis patients and their caregivers a centralised platform to manage health data and connect with the global...
Back to back surgeries safe: Second scoliosis surgery of the day...
Scoliosis correction is an extensive surgery, and operating on multiple patients in one day can be exhausting for the surgical team. However, recent research...
Combined convex and concave costoplasty for posterior chest wall in AIS
At the NSpine meeting (London, UK), Bronek Boszczyk (Benedictus Clinic Tutzing, Germany) discussed combined convex and concave costoplasty for posterior chest wall in adolescent...
The amount of curve correction matters for achieving balanced shoulders in...
In Lenke type 1 or type 2 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), significant correction of the main thoracic curve with relative under-correction of the proximal...
EOS imaging announces new EOS system installations in two US private...
EOS imaging has announced that University Orthopedics in Providence, Rhode Island, and the Hey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine Surgery in Raleigh, North Carolina...
Bracing superior to exercise for treating spinal curvature in AIS patients,...
Both bracing and exercise have demonstrable, significant treatment effectiveness for patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. This was the finding of a randomised, controlled trial...
National Scoliosis Center founder Luke Stikeleather named president of Scoliosis Society
The international Society on Scoliosis Orthopaedic Rehabilitation and Treatment (SOSORT) elected Luke Stikeleather as president at its annual meeting held this spring in Dubrovnik,...
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...
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...
Researchers pause vertebral segmentation clock
Waves of vertebrae-building signals pulse outward in mouse cells mimicking a developing embryo. Video: Pourquié lab
Researchers have been able to halt and restart the...
ApiFix spinal implant receives Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration certification
ApiFix has received Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration certification through its distributor, Orthotech.
The ApiFix system will now be marketed in Australia for the treatment and...
World-first minimally-invasive spine surgery performed using Medicrea’s patient-specific implants
Medicrea has announced that the world’s first minimally-invasive spine surgery using patient-specific implants has been performed by Christopher J Kleck at the University of...
ApiFix closes Spanish distribution deal
ApiFix has agreed an exclusive distribution deal in Spain with Acuna-Fombona, an Iberian distribution company.
ApiFix has developed a minimally invasive, non-fusion spinal implant...
Behrooz Akbarnia: “A game-changer for early onset scoliosis”
Spinal News International caught up with with Behrooz Akbarnia (La Jolla, USA) at NSpine 2017 (12–15 July; London, UK) to talk about the challenges...
Minimally invasive surgery “safe and effective” treatment for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
A minimally invasive surgical approach to spinal surgery is relatively new approach to the treatment of adult scoliosis. Studies have shown positive results in...
AxioMed agrees 15-year exclusive global license for DSM’s proprietary viscoelastic material
AxioMed have agreed a 15-year exclusive global license with DSM to use its proprietary viscoelastic material in the company's disc replacement technology.
Kingsley R Chin,...
Implanet white paper confirms safety and efficacy of Jazz system
Implanet has announced the publication of a new white paper, which presents clinical results from a group of adolescents suffering from hypokyphotic thoracic scoliosis...
Medicrea reaches 1,000-procedure milestone for UNiD personalised rods
Medicrea’s patient-specific UNiD rod technology has now been used in more than 1,000 procedures, according to a company release.
Evalina Burger, of University Colorado Hospital...
Medicrea launches lifetime warranty for patient-specific UNiD rods
Medicrea has implemented a lifetime warranty on its patient-specific UNiD technology. The warranty covers all UNiD thoracolumbar rods, UNiD cervical rods and all associated Medicrea...
Long-term follow-up of AIS surgical treatment reveals “less than ideal” results
An analysis of ≥10 year outcomes data for patients treated surgically for major thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) has found that 23% of the...
Team-based approach “significantly improves” surgical outcomes
Implementing a team-based approach to paediatric spinal surgery “significantly improves surgical and perioperative outcomes”, according to new research presented at the Scoliosis Research Society...
NuVasive receives US FDA 510(k) clearance for the Magec implantation using...
NuVasive has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the company’s Magec system to be surgically implanted using its...
US FDA clears growing spine application components for K2M’s Mesa...
K2M has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for screw and connector components for its Mesa spinal system. This...
Andrew King: My experience with patient-specific rods
The use of computers to map the spine, to plan surgery, and to aid in the manufacturing of medical devices is becoming increasingly common...
OrthoPediatrics launches new BandLoc system
OrthoPediatrics has launched its new BandLoc 5.5/6mm system, which has been both CE-marked and US Food and Drug Administration-approved.
BandLoc is designed to offer a...