Spine

In 2006, a Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) panel evaluated key questions related to the clinical outcomes associated with spinal fusions for patients with degenerative disc disease. The panel examined whether the evidence supported spinal fusions as…

Here are 21 spine surgeon leaders for non-profit hospitals.

Spine surgeons at the Montefiore Medical Center, the university hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, have reportedly shown a high rate of accuracy and success in placing pedicle screws in pediatric patients to correct scoliosis.

The University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City announced plans to open a sports medicine center and spine center in Overland Park, Kan., July 30.

Last week the Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its individual mandate, which requires all Americans to purchase insurance by 2014. At the same time, the Court struck down the ACA's Medicaid expansion for individual…

Stephen T. Onesti, MD, a neurosurgeon specializing in spine and director of neurosurgery for South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, N.Y., has been appointed to the Nassau County Medical Society board of directors.

Steven Garfin, MD, president of the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery, recently released a statement on the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Here are seven spine surgeons discussing the role of device company representatives in the operating room.

A diet enriched with omega-3 fatty acid and an ingredient in curry spice helps preserve walking ability in rats that experienced spinal cord damage, according to UCLA researchers. The research team from UCLA had its findings published in the Journal…

A recent study in the journal Spine looked retrospectively at all early admissions at a single orthopedic specialty hospital between 2007 and 2009 to analyze what was causing unplanned readmissions.