Spine surgery requires a lot of X-rays, and that means radiation exposure, harmful to the patient and the doctors and nurses in the operating room, but for the past decade or so that has been changing ...

When trauma patients receive a computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis, a technique called CT spine reformatting eliminates the need for X-rays of the thoracic and/or lumbar ...

MACON, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Southern Spine, LLC, an ISO 13485:2003 certified manufacturer of implants and instruments for spinal surgery, announced today the release of a current literature review on ...

Many children diagnosed with scoliosis will need corrective braces and frequent X-rays. A new low dose X-ray greatly reduces health risks from all that radiation. About 3 percent of children are ...