Spine News

Stryker has announced the launch of the Monterey AL, a 3D-printed anterior lumbar interbody fusion implant with solid and porous structure options, according to a company press release.

CHICAGO — Results showed patients who underwent lumbar facet arthroplasty with a total spine system had low complication rates and significant improvements in patient-reported outcome measures at 1-year follow-up.

CHICAGO — Results presented at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting showed access to early surgery may not be equal among patients with traumatic spinal cord injuries.

CHICAGO — Results showed rehabilitation before minimally invasive spine surgery for adult spinal deformity may be independently associated with a shorter length of stay and lower rates of readmission and reoperations.

CHICAGO — Results presented at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting showed patients with recurrent mobile spine chondromas had a high rate of complications with or without surgical management.

CHICAGO — Patients who have acute spine trauma without insurance may receive fewer resource-intensive procedures, such as operative fixation or MRI imaging, compared with patients who have insurance, according to results presented here.

CHICAGO — Compared with delayed surgery, early surgery of motor-incomplete cervical spinal cord injuries may yield accelerated motor recovery 6 months after injury but similar recovery at 1 year after injury, results presented here showed.

CHICAGO — Prolonged opioid use prior to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion may increase the risk for multiple postoperative complications and opioid dependence among older patients, according to results presented here.

CHICAGO — Results presented here showed surgeons met preoperative sagittal alignment goals in about one-third of patients with adult spinal deformities.

CHICAGO — Results presented here showed a significantly greater overall clinical success rate with cervical disc replacement in patients with cervical disc disease compared with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.