Firoz Miyanji, MD, of British Columbia Children's Hospital in Canada, is the first surgeon in the country to use vertebral body tethering as an alternative treatment for scoliosis, according to Global News.
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The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston has selected Epic's telehealth and virtual care workflows integrated with Vidyo's real-time video communication platform to improve efficiency.
Board-certified Nima Salari, MD, serves patients at Desert Institute for Spine Care in Phoenix.
Americans account for 4.6 percent of the global population, yet they consume 80 percent of the global opioid supply. As physicians move away from prescribing opioids post-surgery, the healthcare industry must also shift patient expectations to ensure patient satisfaction.
Interventional spine specialist David Moorthi, MD, joined Syracuse, N.Y.-based St. Joseph's Health.
Researchers surveyed orthopedic spine surgery fellowship directors about spine-related adverse events and hospital-acquired conditions in a new Spine study.
Physicians will learn how to decrease stress and establish work-life balance at the 2016 "Heart of the Healer" Physician Retreat in September in Seattle.
NuVasive's first quarter 2016 earnings and revenues surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate, according to Zacks.
The European spine surgery devices market is anticipated to hit $2.37 billion by 2020, based on a Reportlinker report, according to Blackbird.
Several hip or knee replacement patients are still taking prescription opioids up to six months after surgery, according to a study published in PAIN, the official publication of the International Association for the Study of Pain.