Spine

Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for June 21, 2018.

Most surgeons consider wrong level surgery, esophageal injury, retained drain and spinal cord injury to be unacceptable and uncommon complications of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, according to Cervical Spine Research Society survey results reported in Clinical Spine Surgery.

People with ankylosing spondylitis are almost twice as likely as the general population to engage in self-harm, according to a study presented June 15 at the European League Against Rheumatism Congress 2018 and detailed in Medscape.

A new study published in Spine examines medical malpractice claims after incidental durotomy due to spine surgery.

Although former Cincinnati-based spine surgeon Atiq Durrani, MD, fled the country in 2014, the case against him involving more than 500 patients is set to begin today, according to WLWT5.

Here are five spine and neurosurgeons making headlines.

Three more surgeons in Corona Del Mar, Irvine and Dana Point, Calif., have been charged with involvement in an alleged $580 million kickback scheme, according to Patch.

Top Doctors Awards named Robert Kerr, MD, PhD, a 2018 Top Doctor in New York.

Adding corticosteroids to epidural lidocaine injections in patients with central lumbar spinal stenosis did not improve patient-reported pain or function at 12 months, according to a study in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

Four spine surgeons weigh in on the future of independent practice in the U.S.