Spine

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment finalized its investigation at Denver-based Porter Adventist Hospital after discovering 5,800 spine and orthopedic patients may be at risk to infection due to improper cleaning issues, CBS Denver reports.

Spine surgery is a dynamic industry, where a single day can feel like a year's worth of growth. The rise of value-based care has pushed private practice surgeons towards teaming up with other hospitals and health systems to negotiate the…

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.