Spine
In the realm of spinal fusion surgery, the quest for faster, safer, and more reliable bone formation has led to…
For much of the past two decades, the trajectory of minimally invasive spine surgery was easy to understand: Take operations once performed through large exposures and find a way to do them through smaller ones. Gregory Mundis Jr., MD, helped…
For much of modern spine surgery, fusion has been the dependable answer to a long list of structural problems: decompress the neural elements, stabilize the spine and accept the loss of motion as the price of a durable repair. Wilson…
AI can help determine which patients reach a spine surgeon, predict surgical risk, generate clinical notes and assist with treatment planning. But as the technology moves closer to actual care decisions, another question is becoming harder to avoid: When AI…
The Rochester (N.Y.) Spinal Association secured a $300,000 investment over three years from community partners as the organization marked its 35th anniversary, according to a Sept. 17 report by ABC affiliate WHAM-TV. The financial boost came during Spinal Cord Injury…
Endoscopic spine surgery has been billed as the next leap forward in minimally invasive care for over a decade, promising smaller incisions and faster recovery for patients with herniated discs and spinal stenosis. Yet outside a handful of high-volume adopters,…
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers in Cambridge developed an AI technique designed to match X-rays captured during surgery with a patient’s preoperative 3D medical scan. The technique, called xvr, adapts to an individual patient in about five minutes and can…
Valhalla, N.Y.-based Westchester Medical Center Health Network began using a radiation-free navigation and imaging technology for pediatric and adult spine surgeries. The 7D FLASH Navigation System with MRVision allows surgeons to plan and perform procedures without preoperative CT scans or…
Daniel Leas, MD, completed the first clinical cases with Pressio Spine’s Continuum Compression Staple, a nitinol fixation system for single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. The Continuum system provides continuous compression across the fusion site and is positioned in line…
For years, the conversation around lumbar spine surgery has centered on a binary choice: fuse the spine or replace the disc. Joshua Prickett, DO, a neurological and spine surgeon with LewisGale Physicians in Salem, Va., part of HCA Healthcare’s Roanoke-area…
Spine surgery continues to evolve as new approaches to minimally invasive surgery, motion preservation, robotics and complex reconstruction reshape the specialty. The following 20 spine surgeons are advancing the field through clinical innovation, research, leadership and education. Their work spans…