Spine

Cynthia Emory, MD, is the associate chief medical officer of surgery and vice chair of the department of orthopedic surgery at Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Three orthopedic and spine surgeons participated in a panel titled "ASCs, Orthopedics and Spine – The Next 5 Years" on June 18 as part of the Becker's Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC + the Future of Spine virtual event.

Surgeons at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University performed the first two spinal surgeries using augmented reality technology from Augmedics on June 8 and 10 and are excited about the technology's future.

Three spine surgeons share ways to take advantage of the state of the orthopedic field.

Frank Phillips, MD, is the director of the division of spine surgery at Rush University Medical Center and practices with Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago.

Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush spine surgeon Frank Phillips, MD, performed an augmented reality-assisted minimally invasive spine surgery in the world June 15.

U.S. News & World Report ranked 50 pediatric hospitals for the treatment of serious neurological conditions such as epilepsy, head trauma and brain tumors.

Spine surgeon Pierce Nunley, MD, performed the first procedure in a clinical trial examining the efficacy of a posterior cervical stabilization system in patients with three-level degenerative disc disease.

Here are 11 spine partnerships that Becker's Spine Review has reported on in 2020 so far:

A Hospital for Special Surgery study has found that two minimally invasive spine surgeries — lumbar decompression surgery and lumbar spinal fusion — achieve similar short-term outcomes.