Spine

Dallas-based Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children was recognized with the 2017 Bill Aston Award for Quality for significantly reducing the surgical site infection rate for spinal fusion patients.

Frank Cammisa Jr., MD, will perform cervical spine surgery on Detroit Red Wings defenseman Mike Green April 5 at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, ESPN reports.

Daveed D. Frazier, MD, of New York City Spine, earned recognition as a 2018 Top Doctor in Morristown, N.Y.

Here are the 10 most-read articles featured on Becker's Spine Review between March 19 and March 23.

A new study published in The Spine Journal examines episode of care costs for adult spinal deformity surgery.

Low back pain is the leading cause worldwide of years lost to disability, and its burden is increasing along with a growing — and aging — population. A viewpoint article in The Lancet calls for action on this global problem.

Four spine surgeons recount the moments in their career when they have felt the proudest.

Planet TV Studios featured Harry Shufflebarger, MD, director of the division of pediatric spinal surgery at Miami-based Nicklaus Children's Hospital.

A Spine study found lumbar spine paraspinal muscle atrophy in astronauts after long-term spaceflight.  

New York City-based Maimonides Medical Center CEO and President Kenneth Gibbs, along with chair of surgery Patrick Borgen, MD, and chair of orthopedics Jack Choueka, MD, cut the ribbon on the Maimonides Spine Center in Brooklyn.