Spine

Philip Schneider, MD, is the medical director of the Silver Springs, Md.-based Holy Cross Hospital Spine Center and an orthopedic surgeon at The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics based in Bethesda, Md. Here he discusses the biggest challenges for his practice…

Here are the top 10 most-read articles on Becker's Spine Review from Nov. 12-16.

HealthPartners issued a positive coverage decision for minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusions.

Frank Phillips, MD, is program director for the section of minimally invasive spine surgery at Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush and Rush University Medical Center's director of the spine surgery division.

Orthopedic and spine surgery is headed to the outpatient setting. However, surgeons must ensure their patients receive high quality care to return home within 24 hours of surgery, if possible without opioids.

Andrew Gitkind, MD, vice chairman and medical director of New York City-based Montefiore Spine Center, outlines the department's recent growth and its goals for the coming year.

Jason E. Lowenstein, MD, director of the Scoliosis and Spinal Deformity Center at Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System, discusses the department's goals to expand treatment options in the future.

Here are nine spine and neurosurgeons making headlines.

Gender is not associated with surgical outcomes after minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion, according to a study in Clinical Spine Surgery.

T.S. Kanaka, PhD, 86, passed away Nov. 14. She was the first female neurosurgeon in Asia and the third female neurosurgeon in the world, The Hindu reports.