Spine

Pain physicians treat the signal, surgeons treat the structure, and insurers evaluate the cost. Patients experience all three. The Elephant in the Room There is an old parable about several blind men examining an elephant. One touches the trunk and…

A study in Spine found that Fziomed’s Oxiplex absorbable gel improved pain and neurological outcomes for patients with severe leg and back pain when it was used as an adjuvant during lumbar spine surgery. The randomized, double-blinded study included 134…

A New York judge denied an appeal by spine surgeon Joseph Weinstein, DO, to see worker’s compensation patients, Newsday reported March 10. The decision stems from an initial ruling to bar Dr. Weinstein from seeing patients with workers’ compensation claims…

HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce added Oszkar Szentirmai, MD, according to a March 10 news release shared in Hometown News. Dr. Szentirmai is a spinal neurosurgeon with expertise in robot-assisted spine surgery and endoscopic skull base surgery. He…

The age of social media has changed how spine surgeons can learn from each other. Lali Sekhon, MD, PhD, said for him, it’s important to focus on the goals behind posting. “One of the questions you gotta ask is, ‘Which…

From findings on prior authorization delays in spine patients to new insights on pediatric spine care, here are seven key studies to know so far in 2026. 1. Carlsmed’s aprevo implant for lumbar spine surgery had reduced complication-related reoperations compared…

Amid major spine medtech spinoffs, acquisitions and mergers over recent years, innovation in the medtech field has been challenged, Lali Sekhon, MD, PhD, told Becker’s. “We basically have about five big players in med tech,” Dr. Sekhon said. “Interesting things…

Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Health Care System has added Neurosurgery and Spine Specialists to its First Physicians Group network.  The practice, now operating as First Physicians Group Neurosurgery and Spine Specialists, includes five neurosurgeons and their clinical team. Physicians joining the…

Emily Mills, MD, joined the UCI Health Comprehensive Spine Center, according to a March 5 LinkedIn post. Dr. Mills joined the Irvine, Calif.-based group in September, and she’s also an assistant professor of orthopedics at the University of California, Irvine.…

When Shay Bess, MD, adult and pediatric orthopedic spine surgeon at Greenwood Village-based Colorado Scoliosis and Spine Specialists, helped formalize the International Spine Study Group more than a decade ago, adult spinal deformity research was still a fragmented field. Individual…