Spine

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…

Hospital partnerships come with benefits and tradeoffs for spine surgeons. Knowing how to approach these contracts can help physicians find their best match. Two spine surgeons discuss their strategies. Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed to…

Ehsan Jazini, MD, of VSI in Reston, Va., is the first in the U.S. to combine Centinel Spine’s Prodisc C-Nova and C-Vivo disc replacement implants. Instead of performing a three-level spinal fusion, Dr. Jazini performed the disc replacements, and the…

SGMC Health in Valdosta, Ga., added neurosurgeon Shahin Etebar, MD, according to a June 24 news release. Dr. Etebar has more than 30 years of experience in spine and neurosurgery, and he has training in minimally invasive surgery, spinal deformity…

A new technology from Ocutrx is transforming how physicians, including spine surgeons, operate. Ocutrx unveiled HemoLucence, a feature of the OR-Bot system that lets surgeons render blood translucent in real time during surgery, according to a June 24 news release.…

Here are five spine surgeons named to leadership roles since February.  1. UChicago Medicine named Mohamad Bydon, MD, as the inaugural chair of the department of neurological surgery in February, and he will step into the role on July 1. …

Spinal neurosurgeon Allan Levi, MD, PhD, was named as the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer Endowed Chair in Neurological Surgery, according to a June 23 news release. Dr. Levi was recognized for…

A lawsuit challenging Montana Blue Cross-Blue Shield over a claim denial for spine surgery is allowed to move forward, LegalReader.com reported June 20. The judge ruled that the case could be expanded into a class-action lawsuit, the report said. Attorneys…

While wrong-site spinal surgeries are rare, the ramifications of a mistake can be devastating for patients, providers and health systems.  Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is taking systemwide action to minimize these risks, by developing an “ironclad” process to make sure…

The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery updated its 2025 policy recommendations for bone-anchored annular closure in high-risk discectomy patients. The updated position accounts for new five-year data showing significant reductions in symptomatic reherniation, reoperation, and device-related adverse…