Columbus Medical News
The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Plans to Open New Brain and Spine Hospital
According to a recent press release, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center plans to open a new Brain and Spine Hospital in the former Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute. The new Hospital is expected to open in early 2016 and will provide services for patients with neurological disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, stroke, traumatic brain injury, and other neurologic conditions. The new Brain and Spine Hospital will expand Ohio State’s Neurological Institute and increase the capability to provide more advancedRead More
Surgeons At The Ohio State University First To Implant Plastic Meniscus in Knee
According to a press release issued by the The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, surgeons at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center implanted a plastic device designed to treat knee pain from damaged cartilage of the knee meniscus. A knee meniscus once injured or torn has limited ability to heal on its own. This damage can lead to arthritis, which then may be need to be treated with knee replacement surgery. The NUsurface Meniscus Implant is being used in a clinical trial at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center and is being compared to the current standard-of-careRead More
Central Ohio Surgical Team Performs First Spinal Fusion With SpineMask to Improve Screw Placement
Mount Carmel Health System’s Bradford Mullin, MD, FAANS, FACS and a surgical team at Mount Carmel East just recently completed the first spinal fusion procedure using SpineMask, which is a tool that maps the spine for safer and more accurate screw placement. The device is made up of a thin sheet of plastic that is surrounded with circuits, and the device creates a map of a patient’s spinal area using LED lights to be used for surgical navigation. The lights indicate to the surgeon where their surgical instruments are positioned and whereRead More
Flu Update for Columbus and Central Ohio Areas
According to the Columbus Health Department, influenza-like illnesses are increasing and becoming more common in the Columbus and Central Ohio area, resulting in more hospitalizations. There were 91 hospitalizations during a week in mid-December in our our area. Hospitalizations are already five times what they were last year. Public health officials are strongly recommending people to get the flu shot. “While we know the virus has drifted and the shot doesn’t provide full protection against the most common H3N2 virus, the flu vaccine can provide cross protection and help lessen theRead More