Spine

Los Gatos, Calif.-based Allied Pain & Spine Institute rolled out a virtual reality service for chronic pain sufferers at its San Jose, Calif.-based clinic.

A patient's sex is not associated with surgical or clinical outcomes after minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion, according to a study in Clinical Spine Surgery.

Dover, Del.-based Bayhealth Neurosurgery hired neurosurgeon Amit Goyal, MD.

Three spine surgeons weigh in on the challenges of shifting to value-based care.

Mount Pleasant-based McLaren Central Michigan added neurosurgeon Timothy Spencer, DO, to its staff, the Midland Daily News reports.

John Shiau, MD, a neurosurgeon and director of the Minimally Invasive Spine Institute at Staten Island, N.Y.-based Healthcare Associates in Medicine, discusses trends in outpatient spine surgery.

One-third of American youth have experienced back pain in the previous year, according to research presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and reported in Medscape.

A study in Clinical Spine Surgery evaluated current trends in single-level cervical radiculopathy treatment.

Full-endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion is a feasible stabilization technique in an ambulatory surgical center, according to a study in the Pain Physician Journal.

Little Rock-based Arkansas Neuroscience Institute Co-founder and Director Ali Krisht, MD, received the 2019 Herbert Olivecrona Award for his neurosurgery work, Arkansas Money & Politics reports.