Spine

A team of researchers at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., used electrode implanted in the paralyzed hands of monkeys to get them to pick up a ball, according to MSN News.

Results from a new study conducted by neurological and orthopedic surgeons at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center suggests there may be problems with how hospital readmissions rates are reported.

A spinal implant promising enhanced patient care won top prize at the University of Akron's LaunchTown Entrepreneurship Awards — a competition of biomedical and engineering business ideas — according to a report in The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Here are 15 spine surgeons who are using robotic technology in their practice.

Men are twice as likely as women to face complications and spend more time in the hospital following a spinal or brain surgery, according to findings published in this month's issue of Neurosurgery.

Athletes know pain. They also need top-of-the-line physicians and surgeons who understand them and the unique kind of pain they face that non-athletes couldn't dream about. But how does a spine clinic become a go-to specialist for athletic teams? Chief…

By Rita E. Numerof, Ph.D., Stephen Rothenberg, J.D., of Numerof & Associates, Inc. Adapted from the authors’ contributed chapter [Developing Value-Based Guidelines for the Treatment of Spinal Disorders] in the newly-published book, Defining the Value of Spine Care, Jeffrey A.…

The Board of Directors for Columbus, Ohio, health system OhioHealth announced plans to build a nine-story, 409,000 square foot neuroscience institute on the campus of Riverside Methodist Hospital.

Stephen Hochschuler, MD, founded Texas Back Institute in Plano in 1977 with Ralph Rashbaum, MD, and Richard Guyer, MD. During that time, consensus seemed to believe that the physician's role was to focus on taking care of patients and not…

Here are 20 spine surgeons directing fellowship programs around the country.