Spine

UC San Diego Health selected Alexander Khalessi, MD, to serve as its neurosurgery chair. He will also serve as chief of neurosurgery at UC San Diego School of Medicine.

Five spine surgeons share advice for becoming an entrepreneur within the spine industry.

Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for Jan. 25, 2018.

Isador Lieberman, MD, FRCSC, MBA, became President of Texas Back Institute in January 2018, taking the reins of one of the largest and most successful spine-focused practices in the country. The Plano-based group was founded more than 40 years ago…

A new study published in Spine examines the connection between infections and mortality following spine surgery. 

Researchers from University of California, San Francisco and Wooridul Spine Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, examined three surgical treatment options for adult spinal deformity.

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons set its 2018 legislative and regulatory agenda.

Women report greater satisfaction after surgery for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis, according to a study in the Journal of Neurosurgery.

A study, published in the Journal of Neurosurgery, examined whether long-term opioid use is associated with negative long-term clinical outcomes following transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion surgeries.

The North America spinal surgery market is anticipated to reach $11.28 billion by 2020, growing at a 6.43 percent compound annual growth rate, according to a Healthcare Market Research report.