Becker’s Spine Review

Patients who received Synergy Spine Solutions’ Synergy Disc cervical disc replacement experienced sustained improvements in neck pain and disability through two years, according to results from an international study presented at the North American Spine Society’s 2026 annual meeting in…

When Jonathan Baskin, MD, began his neurosurgical career nearly 25 years ago, spinal fusion was used more selectively for degenerative conditions. Today, increasingly sophisticated technology has made spinal instrumentation more precise, less invasive and more commonplace. For Dr. Baskin, that…

Business education is becoming increasingly relevant for spine surgeons as hospital consolidation, rising technology costs and shifting care settings reshape the specialty, according to an article in the fall 2026 issue of Vertebral Columns. The article was authored by Puranjay…

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Premier Orthopaedics & Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center recently added five physicians to its organization.  The new physicians specialize in elbow and shoulder surgery, adult reconstruction and joint replacement, plastic and reconstructive hand surgery and non-operative…

By 2019, Marc Pietropaoli, MD, had built an orthopedic practice with dozens of employees. But when he examined its finances, he discovered something troubling: The only profitable services were those insurance didn’t cover. For years, declining reimbursement had pushed him…

The most difficult part of building a great spine program may have little to do with surgery. It is getting patients through the door before weeks pass, knowing when an operation should be avoided, coordinating the teams required for the…

Pediatric spine surgeons have always had to plan for decades, not years. Now, the rest of spine appears to be catching up. Nicholas Fletcher, MD, medical director of the spine program at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s Orthopedic and Sports Medicine…

Tertiary and quaternary academic medical centers absorb the hardest spine cases in the country, and the pressure on them is building faster than the resources to address them. “I worry about the increasing pressure on tertiary and quaternary academic medical…