Spine

From surgeons focusing on additional areas in 2021 to a Navy commander leading a new procedure, here are seven spine surgeons making headlines.

From adding endoscopic techniques to increased safety protocols and the continued push toward outpatient surgery, five spine surgeons discuss their primary focus areas for 2021:

From the rising adoption of endoscopic techniques to motion preservation technologies and robotic surgery, the biggest trends in minimally invasive spine surgery are discussed by 13 surgeons.

Hospital systems in metro Detroit are preparing to administer COVID-19 vaccines to patients aged 65 and older, with Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Health reaching out to more than 200,000 patients in its database, the Detroit Free Press reports.

From research into how poor bone quality could lead to complications after spinal fusion to positive results of a single-position spine surgery clinical trial, here are five recent studies catching the eyes of spine surgeons:

Neurosurgeons at Naval Medical Center San Diego completed the facility's first spine surgery with a 3D surgical microscope, according to Dvids.

Charles Bondurant, MD, has been elected to a newly created board that oversees operations at Boone Hospital in Columbia, Mo., the Columbia Daily Tribune reported Jan. 7.

Here are the most-read articles on Becker's Spine Review during the week of Jan. 4-8:

From a surgeon donating masks to another healing a teen's spine disorder, here are three spine surgeons making headlines over the past week:

Zeguang Ren, MD, PhD, joined Stuart, Fla.-based Cleveland Clinic Martin Health, according to a Jan. 7 report from South Florida Hospital News.