Spine

Spine surgeons and interventional spine physicians who wish to practice endoscopic spine surgery should be required to complete formal training, according to spine surgeons at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque in a Journal of Spine article.

Back in 2012, Michael Vitale, MD, chief of pediatric spine and scoliosis surgery at New York City-based NewYork Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia Orthopedics, realized that there was a great opportunity to improve the safety of spine surgery. To call attention to the…

Here are 10 spine surgeon and neurosurgeons making headlines.

Neurosurgeon Dan Surdell, MD, and rhinologist Christie Barnes, MD, performed a cerebrospinal fluid leak repair at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha on a woman whose CSF leaked out of her nose for two years, USA Today reports.

The same day the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released its disease control investigation at Denver-based Porter Adventist Hospital, a spine surgeon stopped surgery mid-procedure due to allegedly dirty equipment, according to 9 News.

Here are 10 spine surgeon leaders to know.

A new study explored the efficacy of using vertebroplasty to treat spinal fracture pain instead of a placebo, according to United Press International.

On May 9, 2018, neurosurgeon Louis Kralick, MD, of Anchorage Neurosurgical Associates, settled a malpractice lawsuit concerning a spine procedure performed in 2013, according to KTVA. Dr. Kralick also made headlines in March for allegedly photographing the genitalia of a…

Brian R. Gantwerker, MD, founder of the Craniospinal Center of Los Angeles discusses the whether he will participate in CMS' Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced, a new voluntary episode model slated to begin Oct. 1.

A new study published in The BMJ compared vertebroplasty to a sham procedure for treating acute osteoporotic compression fractures.