Spine

Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, MD, from Tucson, Ariz.-based Center for Advanced Spine Care was featured on Kold News 13's "Noon Notebook" segment.

Cincinnati-based West Chester Hospital and more than 350 former patients of notorious spine surgeon Atiq Durrani, MD, came to a settlement agreement, according to WLWT5.

Female neurosurgeons account for 5 percent of neurosurgeons in the U.S., according to 3WEARTV.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.-based Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center welcomed neurosurgeon Gregory Weiner, MD.

Jim Sanfilippo, MD, is a spine surgeon at Reconstructive Orthopedics in Marlton, N.J.

Former Seattle-based Swedish Neuroscience Institute chairman Johnny Delashaw, MD, lost his license in May 2017. After seeking appeals, the neurosurgeon got his license back; however, getting a job has remained a challenge, according to The Daily News.

Around half of patients who chronically use opioids before lumbar arthrodesis will continue to use opioids one-year postoperatively, according to a study in Spine.

Michael Verdon, DO, is a physician within Premier Health's Clinical Neuroscience Institute in Englewood, Ohio.

Study investigators found readmission rates did not increase when transforaminal endoscopic decompression procedures for lumbar foraminal and lateral recess stenosis were performed in outpatient settings, according to International Journal of Spine Surgery.

Here are the top 10 most-read articles on Becker's Spine Review between Sept. 10-14.