Spine

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.  

Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for Feb. 16, 2017.

On Feb. 14, 2017, Christopher Duntsch, MD, PhD, a former neurosurgeon practicing in Plano, Texas, received a guilty verdict for a count of "injury to an elderly person," CBS DFW reports. 

A study published in Clinical Spine Surgery compares PEEK cages with an Acrylic cage for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.

Millerton, Okla.-based Phillips Co. announced that rub-it-on TetraStem treatment can help spinal cord-injured patients recover.

American College of Physicians offers new guidelines for how physicians should treat low back pain, in an article published in Annals of Internal Medicine. 

A new study published in Spine examines how vancomycin and gentamicin antibiotics affect human osteoblast proliferation, metabolic function and bone mineralization during spine surgery.