Spine

The spinal fusion market continues to experience growth. Here are five things to know about the market, according to a Future Market Insights report.

A study in Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery analyzed the positive predictive value of diagnostic 1 percent lidocaine containing transforaminal epidural steroid injections after outpatient endoscopic decompression for lumbar foraminal and lateral recess stenosis.

While Michael Raber, MD, was still in medical training, he committed to an employment contract with Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Ark., that included a $48,000 signing bonus, but then decided to quit months before his scheduled start date…

Neurosurgeon David Baker, MD, has been reprimanded by the Washington Department of Health for his behavior toward staff and patients at Arlington, Wash.-based Skagit Regional Health, according to a KGMI report.

Here are seven spine and neurosurgeons making headlines.

Alok Sharan, MD, aims to democratize spine surgery research by harnessing the power of social media.

Four spine surgeons discuss the technologies they see as the future and what they think are just fads that will eventually disappear.

While single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion and cervical disc replacement are both cost-effect cervical disc degeneration treatments, CDR is the more cost-effective procedure at seven years postoperatively, according to a study in Spine.

Barry Pollard, MD, was named to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation's board of directors, according to the Enid News & Eagle.

Here are ten spine surgeon leaders to know.