Spine

Robert Watkins, MD, a spine surgeon and co-director of the Marina Spine Clinic in Marina del Rey, Calif., performed spine surgery on Orlando Magic star Dwight Howard, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.

A magnetically controlled growing rod inserted along the spine has been found to correct scoliosis in several children patients in Hong Kong, according to a Med Page Today report.

Approximately 90 percent of neurosurgeons responding to an American Association of Neurological Surgeons survey reported being hospital-based surgeons, with 89 percent being full-time employees. Forty percent were single-specialty hospital based groups and most were in four-person practices. The survey was…

Richard Kube, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon, formed Prairie Spine & Pain Institute in Peoria, Ill., three years ago with the goal of becoming a comprehensive integrated care spine center. This month, he got one step closer to his goal…

Six spine surgeons discuss how surgeons just coming out of fellowships can build a successful and fruitful spine practice.

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.