Spine

Neurosurgeon Ali Raja, MD, on Feb. 3 joined Arkansas Surgical Hospital in Little Rock.

The North American Spine Society published guidelines Jan. 29 for the diagnosis and treatment of low back pain in adult patients.

Endoscopic spine surgery has the potential to become the leading minimally invasive surgical technique for the treatment of degenerative spine conditions, according to an article published in the Journal of Spine Surgery.

"Spinal deformity surgery today is safer than ever before," Munish Gupta, MD, told Becker's Spine Review, following the fourth edition release of "The Textbook of Spinal Surgery," which he and his colleague Keith Bridwell, MD, edited.

Here are 10 spine and neurosurgeons making headlines this week.

Santa Rosa, Calif.-based neurosurgeon Thomas Keller, MD, faces a potential prison term of 60 years to life for allegedly causing four patient deaths by overprescribing opioids from 2011 to 2017, The Press Democrat reports.

Three surgeons from Vail-Summit Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery in Vail, Colo., are performing wide-awake hand and spine surgeries, according to the Summit Daily.

Thomas Kaye, MD, died Jan. 29 when a plane he was flying crashed in Taylor County, W.Va., reports WDTV.

Three spine surgeons offer advice for negotiating contracts with payers. 

The North American Spine Society on Jan. 29 released guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of low back pain in adult patients.