Spine

Patients receiving 150 milligrams of pregabalin a day to treat pain after posterior lumbar fusion did not have reduced IV narcotic usage, improved physical therapy milestones or reduced length of hospital stay, according to a study in the HSS Journal.

Now in its eighth year, spine surgeon leaders will be performing surgeries live for the Spine Masters Surgical Techniques Meeting May 10 to May 12 in St. Louis.

Former Seattle-based Swedish Neuroscience Institute Chair Johnny B. Delashaw, MD, claims he has proof of a conspiracy to push him out of his previous employment, The Seattle Times reports.

U.S. Senators Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa criticized the Department of Veterans Affairs for failing to complete their national review of all VA healthcare providers' licenses by the February 2018 deadline.

Here are 10 spine and neurosurgeons making headlines.

Here are the 10 most-read articles featured on Becker's Spine Review between Feb. 26 and March 2.

Kirk Clifford, MD, and James Gebhard, MD, will join Community Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., where they will start an orthopedic spine surgery program, according to The Business Times.

Interventional pain physician John Prunskis, MD, was appointed to the HHS pain management taskforce.

Michael Vitale, MD, Ronald Leeman Jr., MD, and Lawrence Lenke, MD, of New York City-based New York-Presbyterian Columbia Orthopedics, developed best practice guidelines for wrong level spinal deformity surgery.

Marquis Who's Who honored Stephen D. Burstein, MD, with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, according to The Daily Telescope.