Spine

CHICAGO — Surgical outcomes and improved health-related quality of life scores can be achieved at 1 year postoperatively when patients with more severe cervical deformity alignment are managed with surgical plans that take their unique spinal parameters into account, a presenter said at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting.

Alcohol consumption is significantly associated with spinal structural progression in patients with axial spondyloarthritis, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Stryker announced it has adjusted its commercial organizational structure, according to a company press release.