Spine

Richard Wohns, MD, JD, MBA, founder of NeoSpine in the Puget Sound Region, Washington, discusses five areas where spine surgeon leaders must focus their guiding attention in the future.

In a recent study published in Spine, researchers conducted a prospective comparative study to determine if dysphagia occurs only as a complication of anterior neck dissection or if it occurs as a complication of any type of cervical surgery.

In a study recently published in Spine, researchers used Thomson Reuter's MarketScan database to compare lumbar spinal stenosis surgery outcomes in Medicaid patients to outcomes in commercial insurance patients.

The Spinal Research Foundation's We've Got Your Back Race for Spinal Health, hosted by Virginia Spine Institute in Reston, raised over $100,000.

Recently, the Medicare chargemaster data has been made publicly available for how much hospitals bill Medicare for top procedures. Rates varied widely and as media sources scramble to cover these variations, a new push toward price transparency is gaining momentum.…

William C. Watters III, MD, is the first vice president of the board of directors of the North American Spine Society, where he has been a member since 1987. He practices spine surgery at The Baylor College of Medicine and…

Steve Garfin, MD, board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon, has been granted the 2013 ISSLS Wilste Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Nuvasive, according to a report by Spine.  

The national trend for physicians leans toward hospital employment, but many orthopedic and spine specialty groups have remained fiercely independent. While being a single surgeon or small group practice continues to be difficult, larger physician specialty groups are thriving. Stephen…

This article is written by Richard Wohns, M.D., JD, MBA.Over the past 20 years, an increasing number of spinal surgeries have transitioned from inpatient to outpatient. This is due to multiple factors including the evolution of minimally invasive spine surgery…

A study recently published in Spine examined data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample 2002 to 2009 on patients who underwent elective anterior or posterior cervical fusion at teaching hospitals.