VSI surgeons Dr. Schuler and Dr. Haines were recently featured as key presenters at Reston Hospital Center‘s ‘Robot Night’. This event allows community members to learn more about robotic systems utilized in minimally invasive spine surgery and interact with specialists to gain a deeper understanding of how robot-guided spine surgery benefits patients. Robot-guided spine surgery is…
Dr. Christopher Good, Spine Surgeon at VSI, is proud to announce the results from the first multi-center prospective study of robotic-guided spine surgery. A group of 10 physicians from nine U.S. states have investigated the clinical outcomes of 379 patients to provide scientific evidence of the benefits of using Mazor Robotics’ Renaissance Guidance System in spine…
K2M Introduces First-of-Its-Kind SAHARA™ AL Expandable Stabilization System SAHARA AL is the only lordotic expandable interbody device with integrated screw fixation on the market to help achieve spinal balance LEESBURG, Va., June 20, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – K2M Group Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTWO) (the “Company” or “K2M”), a global leader of complex spine and minimally invasive…
Dr. Christopher Good and the spine surgeons at VSI were recently featured on Washington DC’s leading local news channel, WUSA9. This team of nationally-recognized spinal specialists were recognized for pioneering the latest advances in spine surgery. Dr. Good, alongside his colleagues Dr. Schuler and Dr. Haines, were the first in the Mid-Atlantic region to perform this robot-guided surgery, and appreciate its…
Disc replacement surgery continues to be one of the great, exciting developments in spinal health care. Five years of research data have shown that disc replacements outperform spinal fusions, especially when more levels of the spine are involved. When one suffers from a severe impingement of a spinal nerve or suffers from severe, intractable neck…
The goals of modern spinal surgery are to maximize patient function and accelerate a return to a full life. As spinal surgery has evolved, more focus has been placed on minimizing trauma to the body during surgery and expediting a return to function through the use of minimally invasive techniques. The era of modern spinal surgery has blossomed over…
Series Recap: When it comes to spinal fusions, even for the same condition and for similar patients, it is critical to note that all spinal fusions are not created equal. There are many ways to go about fusing a single level of the spine, mainly related to the direction that the surgeon uses to approach the spine and…
