Spine

Becker’s reported on three spine and orthopedic surgeons earning honors in the second quarter. 1. Ketan Bulsara, MD, earned the 2025 UConn Health Board of Directors Faculty Recognition Award. Dr. Bulsara joined UConn Health in 2017 and is the inaugural…

Matt Miller, MD, performed Nebraska’s first minimally invasive endoscopic spine surgery at Omaha-based OrthoNebraska Hospital, Arthrex said in a June 30 LinkedIn post.  Dr. Miller used Arthrex’s endoscopic spine tools to perform an L5-S1 discectomy with an interlaminar approach. “The…

Don Park MD, of Irvine, Calif.-based UCI Health, performed the world’s first endoscopic spinal fusion using augmented reality. Dr. Park wore an AR headset with HD endoscopic video MRI images and EMR in his field of vision, according to a June 30…

Some fee-for-service spine procedures in traditional Medicare will have prior authorizations added, according to CMS’ new Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction model. CMS is partnering with AI and machine learning companies to test ways to implement an expedited prior authorization process…

Multilevel fusions for patients having lumbar decompressions are associated with increased odds for postoperative adverse events, readmissions and reoperations, according to a study in the July 1 issue of Spine. Four notes: 1. Researchers used data from the PearlDiver M165Orto…

Here are seven spine surgeons joining new practices or adding to their titles in June: 1. SynerFuse named neurosurgeon Michael Park, MD, PhD, as its chief technology officer.  2. Justin Ledesma, MD, joined Spine Medicine and Surgery of Long Island…

A 93-year-old woman underwent a successful 2-level lumbar decompression with spinal anesthesia, according to a case study published June 23 in the Journal of Neurosurgery. She had laminectomies at L4 and L5 simultaneously, and two surgeons used dual tubular retractors.…

Endoscopic spine surgery is pushing past being a novelty in 2025. In the first half of 2025, hospitals including Martinsburg, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center, Cleveland-based University Hospitals, Lawrenceville, Ga.-based Northside Hospital Gwinnett and Valdosta, Ga.-based SGMC Health Smith…

Aclarion has enrolled its first patients in a clinical trial designed to reduce back pain at the Texas Back Institute in Plano.  The chronic low back pain randomized independent trial study (CLARITY) will aim to prove the effectiveness of Nociscan’s…

Daniel Choi, MD, performed the first Barricaid annular closure implantation with an endoscopic approach, Intrinsic Therapeutics said June 26. Dr. Choi used Amplify Surgical’s dualPortal system for the surgery and performed the case at Gramercy Surgery Center in New York…