Spine

Researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine received a three-year, $400,000 grant from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation to study how chronic neuropathic pain affects cognitive function in spinal cord injury patients. The study, led by Roberta…

Innovation rarely fails because the technology falls short. More often, it fails because organizations underestimate what it takes to adopt it. Michael Gallizzi, MD, a robotic and endoscopic spine surgeon at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., has spent years…

For decades, spine surgery has largely operated on a straightforward premise: identify the problem and fix it. If an MRI showed spinal stenosis, instability, deformity and degeneration, the goal was often to address as much of the pathology as possible.…

A hybrid surgical approach for treating lumbar spondylolisthesis and multilevel spinal stenosis was associated with a 9.1% reoperation rate in a retrospective case series published June 12 in the Journal of Neurosurgery. The study evaluated 33 patients who underwent a…

A pilot study from New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine found no procedure-related complications among 27 patients who received a bone marrow aspirate concentrate injection during lumbar microdiscectomy and were followed for one year. The study, published in the July…

The Global Spine Initiative highlighted several organizational milestones during its first year, including participation in the FDA’s Total Product Life-Cycle Advisory Program Pilot and acceptance of a symposium at the 2025 North American Spine Society’s Annual Meeting Scientific Program in…

In spine surgery, some of the most important decisions are made when something appears to be going wrong. A neuromonitoring signal suddenly disappears. An alarm sounds. A tracing drops. The surgeon has to decide whether a nerve is actually in…

The Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation named seven recipients of its 2026-27 Research Fellowship Grants and Young Clinician Investigator Award. The award supports neurosurgery residents and early-career faculty pursuing research careers. The fellowship grants are available to residents in North…

Atlanta-based Emory University School of Medicine named Guy McKhann II, MD, chair of its department of neurosurgery, effective Sept. 14. Dr. McKhann succeeds Daniel Barrow, MD, who will retire later this year after leading the department for more than 30…

While spinal fusion has long been the “gold standard,” growing long-term data on adjacent segment disease is telling a different story on the best options for patients. Four spine surgeons discuss how their conversations with patients have evolved along with…