Discontinue use of back braces and cervical collars when possible and provide early surgical stabilization when indicated. These are a few recommendations from updated guidelines on the early ...

A study analyzing the practice of spinal motion restriction (SMR) between 2009 and 2019 has been published in the July issue of Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM), the peer-reviewed journal of the ...

Pediatric spinal deformities are notorious for causing obvious and progressive deformities in posture, gait and appearance. Non-surgical and surgical management has been attempted over the centuries.

In a study that runs counter to emergency-care protocols in some regions of the United States, researchers have found that gunshot patients who undergo spine stabilization before being transported to ...

Immobilizing the spines of shooting and stabbing victims before they are taken to the hospital — standard procedure in Maryland and some other parts of the country — appears to double the risk of ...

Spinal Cord Injury companies are NervGen Pharma, VA Office of Research and Development, Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, StemCyte, Inc., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America Inc., AbbVie, and others.

Spinal immobilization was first discussed in emergency medicine in the late 1960s, and by 1984, New York State protocol required the collar and backboard combination. An update in 2008 advised medics ...

BELTSVILLE, Md., Dec. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NextCure, Inc. (NXTC) (Nasdaq: NXTC), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering and developing novel, first-in-class ...