Spine

A new study published in The Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques examines the preoperative narcotic use and how it affects the length of stay in the hospital and complications.

Researchers conducted a prospective study to determine how tricortical anterior iliac crest bone graft for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion affected donor site pain, quality of life and complications. They published their findings in Spine.

Osage Beach, Mo.-based Lake Regional Health System welcomed Fassil Mesfin, MD, PhD, to its team, according to Lake News Online.

Stanford neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi, MD, died from lung cancer in 2015 at age 37, according to abc 7 News.

Albert L. Rhoton Jr., MD, of University of Florida College of Medicine died in his Gainesville home on Feb. 21, according to UFHealth.

Manhasset, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, previously known as the North Shore-LIJ Health System, named David Langer, MD, chair of neurosurgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, according to a Crain's New York Business report.

Here two spine surgeons discussing the 2016 presidential race.

Fred Sweet, MD, a spine surgeon and co-founder of Rockford (Ill.) Spine Center, recently served as visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia.

A new study published in Spine examines the cost-utility of instrumented fusion compared with decompression alone for patients with grade I L4-L5 spondylolisthesis.

Researchers from Australia's Monash University's Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine are conducting a clinical trial to determine whether antibiotics are an effective treatment for lower back pain, according to Medical…