Spine

Brian Gantwerer, MD, of The Craniospinal Center of Los Angeles, discusses strategies for building a successful minimally invasive spine practice and how it fits in the value-based healthcare.

Athletes with spinal cord injuries don't experience thermoregulation, causing their bodies to overheat, according to The Conversation. Spinal cord injuries prevent the body from producing sweat or regulating blood flow below the spinal injury level.

Researchers assessed the accuracy and safety of using intraoperative cone-beam CT and an image-guided navigation system during minimally invasive lateral lumbar interbody fusion, according to a study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine.

Frank H. Valone III, MD, will join California Pacific Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in San Francisco, effective Sept. 12.

Frank Phillips, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago, comments on developments in minimally invasive spine surgery.

A study published in the International Journal of Spine Surgery examined bundled payments and how they could affect resource utilization during spine surgery.

Here are nine spine surgeons and neurosurgeons who recently received awards or promotions.

Ken Smith, MD, was awarded the 2016 Hope Award by the Johnson City, Tenn.-based nonprofit Spine Health Foundation. The Hope Award recognizes physicians who support the Spine Health Foundation's mission to help disadvantaged individuals in need gain access to spinal…

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons recently submitted a 23-page report to CMS, urging the federal agency to reconsider its proposed global surgery reporting requirements. This proposal is included in the 2017 Medicare Physician…

Grant D. Shifflett, MD, joined Marina Del Rey, Calif.-based DISC Sports & Spine Center.