Spine

Shriners Hospitals for Children in Oak Park (Ill.) named Purnendu Gupta, MD, chief of staff, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

A new article published in Spine examines the return-to-work rate for patients who undergo single-level cervical fusions for radiculopathy and compared their results with patients who underwent fusion for degenerative disc disease.

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

CMS proposed rules for the 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and the 2017 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System.

Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for July 14, 2016.

A new study published in The Spine Journal examined how obesity can affect the cost per quality adjusted life years gained after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.

Paducah, Ky.-based Lourdes and Mercy Medical Associates, along with University of Louisville (Ky.) Physicians, welcomed neurosurgeon Jonathon Couch, DO, to Paducah, Ky.-based Mercy Neurosurgery, according to WestKentuckyStar.com.

The spinal stenosis market is expected to grow between 2016 and 2020 due to increasing degenerative spondylolisthesis and degenerative scoliosis cases, according to a Future Market Insights report.

Here, three spine surgeons discuss their favorite leisure activities over the summer.

Spine surgeons around the world have come together to create the International Society of Endoscopic Spine Surgery.