Spine

Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for Jan. 21, 2016.

Spine surgeons Atif Malik, MD, Sandeep Sherlekar, MD, and Said Osman, MD, returned to the United States after a humanitarian mission trip to provide care to Iraqi patients.

Healthgrades ranked Visalia, Calif.-based Kaweah Delta Health Care District among the top hospitals for spine surgery, according to Visalia Times-Delta.

Neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero, MD, reported he successfully completed a head transplant on a monkey at Harbin Medical University in China, according to Independent.

Ali A. Baaj, MD, Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD, Juan S. Uribe, MD, Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD, and Mark S. Greenberg, MD, updated the "Handbook of Spine Surgery, Second Edition."

Indianapolis Monthly magazine published the "Top Doctors 2015" in the Indianapolis area, which Castle Connolly Medical organized. The magazine published the list in its November 2015 edition, according to OrhtoIndy. 

Here three spine surgeons discuss whether small spine practice can still succeed in the face of increased hospital employment and consolidation.

A new study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery examines the effect of workers' compensation status for cervical disc arthroplasty.

An article recently published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines minimally invasive tubular microdiscectomy for recurrent lumbar disc herniation.

Marina Del Rey, Calif.-based DISC Sports & Spine Center added orthopedic spine surgeon Rojeh Melikian, MD, to its team.