Spine

Dr. Carlson completed the first outpatient posterior lumbar disc fusion surgery using SpineFrontier instruments at Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital in Newport News, Va.   https://www.beckersasc.com/components/com_jce/editor/tiny_mce/plugins/article/img/readmore.png);”>   The 58 year old patient was able to return to work ten days…

Thomas Sylvester, MD, a spine surgeon, moved to Community Memorial Hospital in Oconto Falls, Wis., according to an announcement in the Green Bay Press Gazette today.

The average wait time for patients in a doctors office increased more than a full minute from 2011 to 2012, citing an annual report from Vitals. Naturally, patients select medical providers based on education, experience, personality, and specialty area, but…

At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine & Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 14, a roundtable of ambulatory surgery center industry experts discussed evolving business, clinical and competitive issues in spine and pain. The roundtable included President and…

Eugene Carragee, MD, editor-in-chief of The Spine Journal of the North American Spine Society, has responded to the findings from the Yale University Open Data Access Project published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

A study published in the May 15 issue of Spine indicates that complication rates, costs, and hospitalization lengths are longer for African-American patients when compared to Caucasian patients, both who had undergone lumbar spinal stenosis. 

HealthGrades recently named Valdosta, Ga.-based South Georgia Medical Center number one in the state and among the top 10 in the country for spine surgery.

The Scoliosis Research Society has posted the names of those who have received a 2013 SRS award or scholarship on their website. Awards include:

Here are seven things for spine surgeons to know for Thursday, June 20, 2013.

Here are three spine surgeons on how electronic medical records have altered their daily interactions with patients.