Spine News

Zavation Medical Products has announced FDA 510(k) clearance of the Varisync plate and Varisync spacer for use during anterior screw fixation and cervical intervertebral body fusion, according to a press release.

Results showed the Veterans RAND 12-item physical component score offers a valid and universally applicable physical outcome assessment of patients undergoing minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.

According to published results, increasing the duration of overlap did not lead to any inferior short-term outcomes in patients undergoing overlapping, single-level, posterior lumbar fusion.

The FDA has granted premarket approval for Abbott’s Proclaim Plus spinal cord stimulation system, which can treat chronic pain across up to six areas of the body and is programmable to adjust to a person’s needs, the company announced in a release.

Published results showed patients who received bone morphogenetic protein during single-level anterior lumbar interbody fusion had increased risk for symptomatic pseudarthrosis with no improvement in revision rates.

Results presented here showed use of closed incision negative pressure therapy in spine surgery may reduce the incidence of reoperation for surgical site infections or noninfectious wound complications.

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Patient-initiated urgent care center visits for low acuity, cervical spine trauma were linked with reduced ED referrals, as well as imaging and health care costs, according to published results.

While rates varied from state to state, early initiation of physical therapy for acute low back pain was associated with less 30-day and 1-year health care utilization in the United States, according to published results.

Despite vaccine availability and the reopening of clinical offices after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth remains a popular choice for orthopedic patients, according to published results.