Spine

Marc Cohen, MD, a spine surgeon based in New Jersey, discusses four big coverage challenges for spine surgeons and how changes should be made to the system in the future.

Researchers of Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia have created an anatomically based scale for the diagnosis of cervical spinal stenosis.

Bryan Oh, MD, a neurosurgeon with a special interest in minimally invasive spine surgery at BASIC Spine in Orange, Calif., discusses seven steps for spine groups to add an ambulatory surgery center. BASIC Spine is currently in the process of…

Within our ever changing world of healthcare the need for spine surgeons to direct their focus on lowering the rates for hospital readmissions is on the rise. Hospital readmissions are more commonly being used to gauge standards of care and…

The Advanced Neuro Spine Institute in Miami has begun to offer its patients MLS Laser Therapy, according to a Curaçao Chronicle report.

The Wyoming Medical Center $42 million four-story tower will include a 20-room orthopedic and spine unit, according to a Casper Journal report.

Joseph Zavatsky, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon and section chief of spine in the department of orthopedics at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, where he works collaboratively with other orthopedic spine surgeons, neurosurgeons, pain management and PM&R physicians,…

Eric Grigsby, MD, recently performed the first minimally invasive spine surgery using the Totalis Direct Decompression procedure at Napa Surgery Center in Valle Verde, Calif.

Here are seven hospitals that are expanding the orthopedic or spine programs.

More spine practices today are looking to expand beyond just neurosurgeons and spine surgeons to include non-operative care and pain management. Founder of BASIC Spine in Orange, Calif., Ty Thaiyananthan, MD, talks about expanding his practice into a multispecialty spine…