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Here are five spine and neurosurgeons making headlines.

When low back pain patients see a physical therapist as their first point of care, they use fewer high-cost medical services and have lower opioid use, a study in Health Services Research found.

Medacta International introduced the MySpine Midline Cortical Pedicle Screw Placement Guide to its MySpine portfolio.

Neurosurgeon Constantinos Hadjipanayis, MD, PhD, recently used the Modus V in a glioma removal surgery at the New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System.

Elizabeth Yu, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus.

With 50 years of experience and up to 50,000 joint replacements performed, Richard Rothman, MD, PhD, retired from surgery at 81 years of age, according to philly.com.

The International Association of HealthCare Professionals welcomed neurosurgeon Michael A. Thomas, DO, with his upcoming publication in The Leading Physicians of the World.

Medscape surveyed 20,329 physicians across 29 specialists to develop its Orthopedist Compensation Report 2018.

DiscGenics principal investigator Domagoj Coric, MD, of Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates in Charlotte, N.C., treated the first patient in the phase 1/phase 2 clinical trial of IDCT.

The spinal implant and surgical devices market is predicted to experience a 4.44 percent compound annual growth rate through 2025, according to Crystal Market Research.