Spine

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Here are seven trends making a huge impact on the future of spine surgery.

Recently the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery formed an advocacy arm, the International Advocates for Spine Patients.

North Fulton Hospital outside Atlanta opened a 52,000-square-foot medical building for outpatient spine care, pain management and imaging, according to Patch.

Four spine surgeons discuss where spine research is headed in the future.

Brian R. Gantwerker, MD, of The Craniospinal Center of Los Angeles, currently uses minimally invasive spine techniques with patients and has seen the clinical and economic value of these less invasive procedures.

Through a bundled payment agreement, Walmart employees will have access to free spine procedures at certain health systems and hospitals with no out-of-pocket cost, according to a news release published in Bloomberg Businessweek.

Hospital readmissions for spine surgery may be overestimated by current algorithms, according to the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

All patient subgroups with spinal stenosis, with the exception of smokers, improve more with surgery than with nonoperative treatment, according to a study published in Spine.

Here are 20 spine surgeons who are leaders on device company scientific, medical or executive boards. If you would like to add a spine surgeon to the list, please contact Laura at lmiller@beckershealthcare.com.