Spine
In the realm of spinal fusion surgery, the quest for faster, safer, and more reliable bone formation has led to…
The former CFO of Massachusetts-based spinal implant company SpineFrontier has been sentenced to four months in prison for his role in a kickback scheme that paid more than $540,000 in sham consulting fees to surgeons to induce use of the…
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers found cervical spinal cord stimulation improved arm strength and reduced spasticity among seven people with chronic post-stroke arm weakness. According to a study published June 4 in Nature Medicine, Participants experienced an average…
In 1995, Paul Vessa, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon and medical director at Bedminster-based New Jersey Spine Institute, made a bet on independence. Two years into practice, he took his practice out of network after watching managed care reshape the…
L&K Spine Inc. based in Texas, a leading innovator in spinal implant technologies, today announced the successful completion of its first 3-level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) procedure utilizing the BluEX-C Expandable Cervical Interbody System. The landmark C4–C7 procedure…
Spine robotics have become a significant investment for hospitals and ASCs, but realizing a return can depend on more than acquiring the technology. Nine spine surgeons discuss what separates programs that extract real value from robotics from those that struggle…
The career path decision is not getting any easier for physicians. Independent practice. Hospital employment. Private equity partnership. ASC ownership. For spine and orthopedic surgeons, choosing a path has never come with more options. Three physicians who have been through…
When Andrew Zhang, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon, arrived at the Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania, endoscopic spine surgery was not part of the orthopedic spine program’s routine practice. That changed Feb. 27. Dr. Zhang performed the department’s first endoscopic spine…
For years, some of the biggest advances in spine surgery have happened inside the operating room: better implants, navigation, robotics, minimally invasive techniques. Rachel Bratescu, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon at Washington, D.C.-based George Washington University Hospital’s Spine and Pain…
Nima Salari, MD, is not opposed to spinal fusion. He is opposed to making it the starting point. Before immobilizing a segment of the spine, the spine surgeon at Phoenix-based Desert Institute for Spine Care considers whether the same problem…
The call can come while Adetokunbo Oyelese, MD, PhD, is seeing a patient. At other times, it interrupts an operation. Dr. Oyelese has stepped out of examination rooms and scrubbed out of surgical procedures to join peer-to-peer reviews with insurers.…