Spine

Tyler Smith, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon at Roseville, Calif.-based Sutter Health, has completed his 50th case using Augmedics' Xvision spine navigation system, according to a March 28 tweet from Augmedics. 

ChatGPT has already been used by some health systems to ease clinical burdens. However, not all spine surgeons are keen to utilize the artificial intelligence software in their own practice. 

Spine surgeon Thomas Raley Jr., MD, may lose his license as he serves a three-year sentence for a drug kickback scheme, The Baltimore Sun reported March 30.

Female physicians are increasingly pursuing careers in neurosurgery, a historically male-dominated field. Many female patients are eager to receive care from women neurosurgeons and report feeling more comfortable due to their shared gender experience.

Although orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons have different training backgrounds, their outcomes for spine surgery were largely the same, according to a study published in Spine.

One major spine devicemaker merger is in the books for 2023, and another is on the horizon. 

Becker's reported on seven spine and orthopedic surgeons in the first quarter of 2023.

The Scoliosis Research Society named the winners of the Thomas E. Whitecloud Awards during the 30th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques held March 22-24 in Dublin.

Here are three endoscopic spine surgery milestones from the first quarter of 2023:

Roger Härtl, MD, director of neurosurgery spine for New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine and co-director for New York Presbyterian OCH Spine, has performed the first spine case using 3D navigation in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a March 23 email…