Spine

The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has appointed Lawrence Lenke, MD, as chief of spinal surgery, according to a Washington University news release.

Christ Hospital in Cincinnati will start construction in June on a $265 million project, which will include a 332,000 square-foot orthopedic and spine care facility, according to a Christ news release.

Five spine specialists discuss how they differentiate their spine practices.

Here are 10 spine surgeons who focus on trauma care.

Here are six points comparing spine surgeon compensation. The data is from MGMA's Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2010 Report Based on 2009 Data and Physicians Compensation and Production Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data, unless otherwise noted.

William Taylor, MD, a spine surgeon at UC San Diego Health System, is one of the pioneers of minimally invasive spine surgery in the United States. He helped found the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery — which has grown…

The American Academy of Neurology has issued an updated guideline, which details evidence showing that monitoring the spinal cord during spinal surgery and certain chest surgeries, sometimes referred to as intraoperative monitoring, can help prevent paralysis that can be related…

Depositing vancomycin into deep spinal surgery wounds may be a cost-effective method of lowering infection rates, according to a Medscape Medical News report.

Researchers at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., have developed a surgical procedure on a mouse spinal cord to better understand and treat spinal cord pathology, according to an article in Nature Methods.

VA Boston Healthcare System is seeking $163 million in additional funds to build a new spinal cord injury unit and renovate the existing facility at its Brockton campus, according to an Enterprise report.