Anthony Strzalek

When considering interbody material for transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF), both standard solid titanium (ST) and 3D-printed porous titanium (3DPT cages perform well.

Despite significant data heterogeneity, a new systematic review and meta-analysis has shown that both neurosurgeons and orthopaedic spine surgeons have similar readmission, complication, and reoperation rates regardless of the type of spine surgery performed.

Stratus Medical has announced the first patient enrolled in the COBRA study, a double-blinded, randomised trial, comparing the bipolar treatment with Nimbus RF multitined expandable electrode to conventional radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of sacroiliac joint (SIJ) pain.

InVivo Therapeutics has announced topline results from the company’s INSPIRE 2.0 study, which was designed to evaluate the safety and probable benefit of InVivo’s investigational Neuro-Spinal Scaffold, a bioresorbable scaffold-based device in development for patients with acute spinal cord injury (SCI).

The utilisation and satisfaction of telemedicine has remained high among spine patients, even after the easing of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.

There is no benefit of adding instrumented fusion to decompression for treating degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS), according to a recent systematic review and meta-analysis.

Premia Spine has announced the publication of two-year outcomes from the TOPS facet joint replacement system’s clinical trial in the Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, which found that found lumbar facet arthroplasty with the TOPS device demonstrated a statistically significant improvement versus lumbar fusion in all patient-reported outcome measures, a low surgical complication rate, and the ability to maintain motion at the index level while limiting sagittal translation.

Research looking at the Vertebral Bone Quality Score as a predictor of pedicle screw loosening was our most viewed story in February, followed by news of a milestone for Augmedics’ xvision spine system and a study on risk factors of medical malpractice litigation due to laminectomy. Making up the rest of the Top 10 was […]

Christopher Gilligan, director of Brigham and Women’s Spine Service Line and associate chief medical officer of Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston, USA) talks to Spinal News International about restorative neurostimulation and how this technology can help treat those patients who suffer chronic low back pain. What is restorative neurostimulation? Restorative neurostimulation stimulates the multifidus muscle, […]

Aurora Spine has announced that it has received Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval for its new multicentre study of its DEXA-C cervical interbody system.