Spine

Denver-based Porter Adventist Hospital is offering to test patients who had orthopedic or spine surgery performed during an 18-month period for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C after an infection control breach, TheDenverChannel.com reports.

Becker's Spine Review caught up with Kern Singh, MD, orthopedic surgery professor at Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center and co-director of the Minimally Invasive Spine Institute, to find out what he sees as a challenge that still lies ahead for…

The benefits of scoliosis surgery outweigh the risks for patients with cerebral palsy, according to a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

Here are 8 spine and neurosurgeons making headlines.

Todd Lanman, MD, of Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Lanman Spinal Neurosurgery, will lead an artificial disc replacement presentation at the Marina Del (Calif.) Rey Hospital April 17.

In December 2017, a federal grand jury indicted spine surgeon Cathleen Van Buskirk, MD, for bankruptcy scheme allegations. Daily Camera Boulder News  reports she is scheduled for a federal court trial in May. 

In the April 1 special insert, Spine included an article examining the future of robotics in spine surgery by Vikas Patel, MD, a surgeon at The Spine Center of University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora.

An infection control breach at Denver-based Porter Adventist Hospital may have put orthopedic and spine surgery patients at risk for surgical site infections or hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HIV, according to a statement from the Colorado Department of Public…

Here are 10 spine surgeon leaders to know.

Saad B. Chaudhary, MD, of New York City-based Mount Sinai, earned recognition as a New York Top Doctor for 2018.