Gillette Children’s Healthcare Press is proud to announce the Gillette Children’s Healthcare Series, nine books that provide in-depth understanding of conditions treated at the hospital. Following the style of Spastic Diplegia (2020), the Healthcare Series seeks to optimize outcomes for those with childhood-acquired physical and/or neurological conditions.
Tag: Scoliosis
Cedars-Sinai Spine Center Selects New Co-Director
Spine neurosurgeon Alexander Tuchman, MD, who specializes in treating adult spinal deformities, has been selected as co-director of the Cedars-Sinai Spine Center. He joins center co-leader David Skaggs, MD, executive vice chair of Orthopaedics at Cedars-Sinai and director of Pediatric Orthopaedics for Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s.
August 2024 Issue of Neurosurgical Focus: “Transitional Care in Neurosurgery”
Announcement of contents of the August 2024 issue of Neurosurgical Focus
Mckenna Grace: From Spine Surgery to the Red Carpet
Actress, singer and songwriter, Mckenna Grace, 17, is having a moment in the spotlight with the upcoming opening of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Her path to the big screen, however, is not the typical Hollywood story.
At the Bedside: Woman with ‘flatback syndrome’ able to stand tall, enjoy life again after 14-hour spinal surgery
Michigan native Ruth Bischoff, 69, had tried everything – multiple spine surgeries, a radiofrequency ablation, acupuncture, a spinal cord stimulator, and more – but she couldn’t find any relief from the shooting pain in her lower back that prevented her from standing up straight and walking.
Some children with cerebral palsy scoliosis may not need pelvic fixation, study shows
A new study finds that some children with cerebral palsy scoliosis do not require pelvic fixation when undergoing growing rod treatment. Researchers say if the pelvic tilt and lower lumbar spine tilt are small enough, screws may not need to be inserted into the pelvis to anchor growing rods, potentially avoiding several complications.
Morristown Medical Center Surgeons 1st in U.S. to Use Minimally Invasive Vertebral Body Tethering (VBT) With Advanced Imaging for Flexible Scoliosis Correction
Atlantic Health System’s Morristown Medical Center fellowship-trained scoliosis surgeon Jason E. Lowenstein, MD, leads the only surgical team in New Jersey to use a new, FDA-approved tethering system for minimally invasive scoliosis surgery that provides for flexible spinal deformity correction and faster healing. The team is also the first in the nation to use a new type of portable CT scanner
to guide the procedure and actually “see” inside the spinal canal during the surgery using
Stryker’s SpineMap 3D in conjunction with the tether.
Mount Sinai Surgeons Perform First Surgery in New York City Using FDA-Approved Spinal Tethering Device
Latest technology and minimally invasive approach to correct most common form of scoliosis