Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Curve progression greater than 5° occurred in 43% and 50% of patients at 1 year and 2 years, respectively, after ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Vertebral body tethering may not improve major Cobb angle in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, ...

The study included children and adolescents, and it found decreased vertebral height and depth among both groups of patients compared with healthy controls. Young patients with spinal muscular atrophy ...

Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) is a 3-D spine and ribcage deformity that develops during the adolescent growth spurt. This condition affects 2-4% of the adolescent population in the United ...

UnitedHealthcare will cover Highridge Medical’s vertebral body tethering device, The Tether, according to a March 5 LinkedIn post. The Tether is approved as a Humanitarian Device for idiopathic ...

Evidence-based recommendations on vertebral body tethering for idiopathic scoliosis in children and young people. This involves fixing a cord to screws that have been placed into the vertebral bodies ...

WESTMINSTER, Colo., July 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZimVie Inc. (Nasdaq: ZIMV), a global life sciences leader in the dental and spine markets, today announced that Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield ...

Incidence of brain metastases and overall survival in patients with primary cardiac sarcoma: A retrospective case series. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2013 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This ...

November 13, 2009 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a class I recall yesterday of all lots of the Ti Synex II Vertebral Body Replacement (Synthes USA), the agency announced. The ...

This procedure can only be done as part of a research study. This is because there is not enough evidence to be sure how well it works or how safe it is, but there are concerns about serious ...