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8 important items to read from the NASS Annual Meeting
Spine Surgery Today features eight stories to keep your practice up to date from the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting
VIDEO: NASS president speaks to society’s projects in the coming year
CHICAGO — At the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting, Christopher M. Bono, MD, president of the North American Spine Society (NASS) for 2015-2016, outlines the projects NASS will focus on as well as the theme of his presidency. Watch video.
Carson: Health care must be streamlined
CHICAGO — Ben Carson, a Republican candidate for the U.S. presidential nomination and retired neurosurgeon, encouraged spine surgeons to “make medicine fun again,” get back to the basics and provide the best medical care for their patients, in a recorded statement given at the North American Spine Society (NASS) Annual Meeting. Read more.
VIDEO: Lonner describes transverse process trajectory technique
CHICAGO — At the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting, Baron S. Lonner, MD, spoke about a new technique which places thoracic pedicle screws by using the transverse process as a corridor to the pedicle. Watch video.
VIDEO: No selection for younger, healthier patients for treatment at physician-owned hospitals
CHICAGO — At the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting, Alan S. Hilibrand, MD, spoke about the results of a study which compared the demographics and treatment algorithms used for the treatment of patients who had anterior cervical discectomy and fusion at physician-owned specialty hospitals vs. independently owned community hospitals. Watch video.
VIDEO: TLIF may offer narrow advantage over PSF for spondylolisthesis
CHICAGO — At the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting, Steven D. Glassman, MD, described his study which compared the relative benefit of transforminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) over posterior spinal fusion (PSF) for patients with spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis and adjacent level disease. Watch video.
Clinical improvements seen through 7 years after cervical disc replacement with low-profile device
CHICAGO — Segmental motion in the cervical spine was maintained through 84 months in patients treated with cervical disc replacement, based on study outcomes presented at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting, here. Read more.
Pro athletes may safely return to competition after lumbar microdiscectomy
CHICAGO — The pooled rate of return to play following lumbar microdiscectomy for herniated disc nucleus was 83.5%, according to results presented at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting, and the overall return to play rate for elite athletes with a herniated disc after this procedure was 84.5%. Read more.
VIDEO: Reed provides update on North American Spine Foundation
CHICAGO — At the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting, Michael L. Reed, DPT, OCS, executive director of the North American Spine Foundation, provided an update on the foundation’s initiatives. Watch video.