Spine

Three physicians affiliated with Rockville, MD.-based National Spine & Pain Centers have been named as defendants in a $3.5 million kickback scheme that allegedly ordered unnecessary genetic tests for Medicare and Medicaid patients, The Orange County Register reported July 21.

ASC administrators are dismayed by CMS' proposal to bump 298 musculoskeletal-related procedures back to its inpatient-only list next year.

Charles Park, MD, PhD, has started using a new minimally invasive spine surgery method to treat lower back and leg pain.

Over the last 30 years, minimally invasive technology has developed rapidly in spine surgery, with many technologies demonstrating significant clinical advantages, but others promising more than they could deliver and largely falling by the wayside.

From alternatives to spinal fusion to surgical outcomes and expectations, here are some of the most common questions patients ask spine surgeons Gurvinder Deol, MD, and Issada Thongtrangan, MD. The spine surgeons also discuss the importance of educating patients before…

The first artificial disc replacement in the U.S. was performed in 2000, but the technology has come a long way since then, with many surgeons predicting that the procedure will one day overtake spinal fusion as the standard of care.

The scoliosis management market is projected to reach $3.9 billion by 2031, up from $2.6 billion in 2020, according to a report from market research firm Insight Slice.

The global endoscopic spine surgery market is predicted to hit a compound annual growth rate of 8 percent from 2021 to 2031, according to a July 16 report from Persistence Market Research.

Adventist Health Simi Valley (Calif.) became the first facility in Ventura County to be designated as a Center of Excellence for robotic surgery.

From Tiger Woods' fifth spine surgery to device companies to watch in 2021 and what's next for spine surgery at ASCs, here are the 10 most-read stories on Becker's Spine Review this year: