The Surgical Center of St. Louis, a multi-specialty, outpatient surgical facility that provides cutting-edge treatment, held a training workshop on Saturday, October 20 for orthopedic surgeons to learn two innovative procedures for treating malignant lesions in the spine. The first procedure reduces the malignant lesion using a plasma-mediated device called the Cavity SpinewandŽ and creates a small cavity in the vertebrae. [click link for full article]

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