Spine

A natural language processing system helped identify lumbar spine imaging findings, providing significant gains in model sensitivity, according to a study in Academic Radiology.

Older age, lower educational attainment and urban residency were associated with greater pain after lumbar microdiscectomy, according to a study in the European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology.

Spine surgery is very delicate while also intense. Issada Thongtrangan, MD, knows this as a spine surgeon at Minimally Invasive Spine in Phoenix.

Three spine surgeons discuss how they stay on top of clinical documentation.

Michael Steinmetz, MD, is chairman of the department of neurosurgery at Cleveland Clinic. He has expertise in minimally invasive surgery, complex spine surgery, trauma and spinal cord injury.

Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin explored the effects of spinal cord injuries on the circadian system.

Surgeons and physicians from across the country are reacting to an Oct. 7 NRA tweet telling physicians to "stay in their lane," according to WFYI Indianapolis.

Mark N. Hadley, MD, received the 2018 Congress of Neurological Surgeons' Distinguished Service Award.

Columbus-based The Ohio State University College of Medicine appointed Benjamin Segal, MD, as chair of neurology and co-director of the university's Wexner Medical Center Neurological Institute in Columbus.

John Bendo, MD, is the interim chief of the division of spine surgery and department of orthopedic surgery as well as co-director of the Spine Center at New York City-based NYU Langone Health.