Spine

St. Louis, Mo.-based Washington University School of Medicine researchers analyzed feasibility of osteogenic instrumentation for interbody fusion in vivo, in a study published in Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. The study compared osteogenic instrumentation to standard spinal instrumentation with autograft for…

Spine Team Texas added Neil Patel, MD, to its team.

Robert Talac, MD, PhD, an orthopedic spine surgeon at the Richmond, Texas-based Center for Advanced Surgical Treatment, discusses the future of spinal care.

Here are five spine surgeons and neurosurgeons in the news this week.

Payers have posed as obstacles for spine in ambulatory surgery centers, but the recent additions and proposals of ASC payable codes for spine procedures should ease up some of the difficulties surgery centers face. 

Payers have posed as obstacles for spine in ambulatory surgery centers, but the recent additions and proposals of ASC payable codes for spine procedures should ease up some of the difficulties surgery centers face.

A new study published in Clinical Spine Surgery examines acute complications among spinal deformity surgical patients who are 70 years old or older.

Cleveland Clinic named Michael Steinmetz, MD, chairman of the neurosurgery department, according to Crain's Cleveland Business.

University of California San Francisco researchers analyzed the impact of human neurons transplanted into mice with spinal cord injuries, according to Medical Xpress.

Global Spine Outreach is hosting its third Annual Gala Fundraiser on Oct. 8 in Oak Brook, Ill.