Spine

Here are 16 points on spinal fusions.

A new study published in Spine examines the seven and 10-year outcomes for cervical arthroplasty compared with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.

“I’m alive, which is better than the alternative,” a new patient once told me when I asked him how he was. The alternative to being alive, we are to assume, is death; being alive is better than being dead.

Stillwater-based Oklahoma State University inducted Barry Pollard, MD, into its Hall of Fame, according to EnidNews.com.

A new study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines whether mental health status is a predictor of improvement in patient reported outcomes after spinal fusion.

A few days after the Seattle Times published a report outlining concerns with Swedish Health Services' Cherry Hill Hospital Chair of Neurosurgery Johnny Delashaw, MD, the publication now reports state health regulators are investigating complaints filed against him.

Here are 13 spine surgeons who were in the news this week:

The American Medical Association praised Aetna for its efforts to eliminate prior authorization for opioids treatment beginning March 1, 2017.

Six spine surgeons share the financial challenges they are facing.

A study by Chicago-based Loyola University Health System researchers has found that spinal cord patients are plagued by many different types of ailments after injury.