Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is the most prevalent spinal deformity in children, with an incidence reported ...

Surgeons who perform a type of spinal surgery for scoliosis, which the FDA approved in 2019, say insurance companies aren’t aligning their policies with the latest medical research. Anne Marie ...

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, ...

WESTMINSTER, Colo., March 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZimVie Inc. (ZIMV), a global life sciences leader in the dental and spine markets, today announced that Highmark, one of America's leading health ...

An evidence review on the diagnosis and treatment of tethered spinal cord, a rare condition affecting the nervous system, found that, while surgery could be a good option for symptomatic patients, ...

In a groundbreaking medical milestone, NMC Royal Hospital, Khalifa City successfully performed the first-ever vertebral body tethering (VBT) surgery in the UAE, offering a revolutionary approach to ...

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) represents a three‐dimensional spinal deformity with considerable variation in severity and progression. Contemporary treatment strategies span conservative ...

Anne Marie Hukriede has three times appealed her insurance company’s decision not to cover her daughter’s scoliosis surgery. The answer each time was the same: Aetna considers the procedure that ...