Spine

A new study published in The BMJ compared vertebroplasty to a sham procedure for treating acute osteoporotic compression fractures.

Between January 2013 and December 2016, James Sanfilippo, MD, of Reconstructive Orthopedics in Vineland, N.J., performed the highest number of spinal fusion procedures in the state.

Shelly Timmons, MD, is the American Association of Neurological Surgeons' new president.

Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for May 10, 2018.

The practice of overlapping surgeries is not only safe but may even be beneficial to neurosurgery patients, according to findings presented at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2018 Annual Meeting in New Orleans and detailed in Medscape.

P. Richard Emmanuel, MD, a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon at Orthopedic & Spine Institute of Los Angeles, has been named a 2018 Top Doctor in Beverly Hills, California.

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University researchers investigated the cost-effectiveness of primary and revision surgery for treating adult spinal deformity in a new study published in Spine.

A new article published in The Spine Journal examines the geographic differences in surgical treatment of lumbar spondylolisthesis.

Syracuse, N.Y.-based Crouse Hospital surgeon Eric Deshaies, MD, is leaving the hospital to direct a spine program in Charlotte, N.C., according to Syracuse.com.

Researchers investigated the impact of an "enhanced recovery after surgery" protocol implemented at Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania for spine and peripheral nerve surgery patients, according to Medscape.