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The fact that US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) was plagued by ill-health, from scarlet fever to chronic pain, is not widely-known. However, a new article published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine investigates his years of back pain and reviews the success of his numerous surgical treatments.
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The results of a clinical study on the efficacy of Amniox’ Clarix 100 cryopreserved amniotic membrane in lumbar microdiscectomy surgery have demonstrated greater improvements in both pain reduction and function from six weeks post-surgery than a control group.
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Philip Breedon, professor of Smart Technologies at Nottingham Trent University (Nottingham, UK), takes Spinal News International through the latest developments in co-robotics and telerobotics, including his department’s innovative Scolibot system.
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In a market booming with new technologies and therapies, spinal surgeons are spoilt for choice when it comes to implants and other devices. Stryker’s John Mayor talks to Spinal News International about emerging technologies, education and the evidence behind the hype.
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Novarad’s OpenSight augmented reality system has been used in what the company believes may be the first surgical use of Microsoft’s HoloLens. The system was used in an automated percutaneous lumbar discectomy.
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David C Dvorak has stepped down as Zimmer Biomet’s president, chief executive officer and member of the Board of Directors after 10 years at the helm of the company. He will remain in an advisory capacity to the company for the time being.
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The new funds will be used to complete two ongoing US pivotal clinical trials of the Simplify Disc, studying its use in one level of the spine and in two adjacent levels of the spine as a treatment for cervical degenerative disc disease.
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3–6 September
ASCIP
Denver, USA
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4–6 August
MSS
Malacca, Malaysia
6–8 September
Neurosurgery
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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