Spine

Here are the top 10 most-read articles on Becker's Spine Review from Jan. 21-25.

Tyler Koski, MD, co-director of the Northwestern Medicine Spine Center in Chicago shares insights on spine surgeon leadership, challenges ahead and the best opportunities for growth.

Problems with the radiograph or intraoperative markers were the leading root causes of wrong site spinal surgery in the Veterans Health Administration, according to a study in Clinical Spine Surgery.

Isador Lieberman, MD, is president of Plano-based Texas Back Institute. He has a special interest in minimally invasive, robotic and endoscopic spine surgery, and has built a career on innovation in patient care.

Here are eight spine and neurosurgeons making headlines.

A 12-week digital care program for patients suffering from lower back pain greatly reduced patients' interest in undergoing surgery, according to a study in npj Digital Medicine.

Thomas Loumeau, MD, of Jesup-based Bone & Joint Institute of South Georgia, performed one of the first endoscopic spine surgeries using joimax's 4K Endoscopic Spine Surgery System.

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine developed an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery protocol for spine and peripheral nerve surgery patients to reduce opioid dependency.

Board-certified neurosurgeon John Dorman, MD, developed Circinus, a spinal surgery navigation app, according to the Odessa American.

The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research assembled a task force to study the relative efficacy and safety of the most commonly used procedures to treat osteoporotic spinal fractures: vertebroplasty and balloon kyphoplasty.