Spine

In April 2016, Juan Torres-Reveron, MD, PhD, performed the first spine surgery using Montpellier, France-based Medtech's ROSA Spine robot. Dr. Torres-Reveron, a neurosurgeon with Premier Health's Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, performed a two-level lumbar spine fusion.

Here are 10 statistics on orthopedic spine surgeon compensation from the 2016 MGMA Provider Compensation and Production Report based on 2015 survey data.

Orthopedic spine surgeon Kam Raiszadeh, MD, wrote a book titled, "Take Back Control: A Surgeon's Guide to Healing Your Spine Without Medications or Surgery," as chronic back pain continues to gain prevalence globally, according to Rancho Santa Fe Review.

Tupelo, Miss.-based neurosurgeon Walter Eckman, MD, retired after more than 40 years in neurosurgery, according to a Daily Journal report.

A study published in The Spine Journal examines placebos used during lumbar and pelvic joint thrust manipulation clinical trials.

Michael Roh, MD, and Fred Sweet, MD, of Illinois-based Rockford Spine Center, attended the Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting & Course in Prague, Czech Republic.

The Congress of Neurological Surgeons has entered into a partnership with Oxford University Press.

Researchers investigated the prevalence of undiagnosed osteoporosis in patients receiving transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion, according to Medscape. Spine published the study.

In the last half of the 20th century, patients who needed surgery for two-level cervical disease almost certainly were treated with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF).

Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for Nov. 23, 2016.