Spine
In the realm of spinal fusion surgery, the quest for faster, safer, and more reliable bone formation has led to…
Silver Spine & Interventional Pain Management is now accepting patients at its newest location in Paris, Texas, expanding neurosurgical spine care and interventional pain management across five locations in Northeast Texas and Oklahoma, The Paris News reported Oct. 18. The…
When Jonathan Baskin, MD, began his neurosurgical career nearly 25 years ago, spinal fusion was used more selectively for degenerative conditions. Today, increasingly sophisticated technology has made spinal instrumentation more precise, less invasive and more commonplace. For Dr. Baskin, that…
Business education is becoming increasingly relevant for spine surgeons as hospital consolidation, rising technology costs and shifting care settings reshape the specialty, according to an article in the fall 2026 issue of Vertebral Columns. The article was authored by Puranjay…
The most difficult part of building a great spine program may have little to do with surgery. It is getting patients through the door before weeks pass, knowing when an operation should be avoided, coordinating the teams required for the…
Pediatric spine surgeons have always had to plan for decades, not years. Now, the rest of spine appears to be catching up. Nicholas Fletcher, MD, medical director of the spine program at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s Orthopedic and Sports Medicine…
Tertiary and quaternary academic medical centers absorb the hardest spine cases in the country, and the pressure on them is building faster than the resources to address them. “I worry about the increasing pressure on tertiary and quaternary academic medical…
As spine malpractice verdicts reach eight figures, surgeons are becoming more cautious about patient selection, complex procedures and managing expectations, though some warn that fear of litigation can also limit access to necessary care. Several surgeons emphasized the importance of…
Excessive mental workload may affect surgical performance and patient safety, and wearable devices and other physiological monitoring could help researchers measure it, according to an article in the fall 2026 issue of Vertebral Columns. Measuring it in the operating room…
Expandable interbody cages restore disc height more reliably than static cages, but evidence on spinal alignment and subsidence is mixed, according to an article in the fall 2026 issue of Vertebral Columns. Four authors from the orthopedics department at New…
Spine surgeons adopting robotic-assisted and endoscopic techniques face widely varying learning curves, with research showing large differences in the number of procedures needed to achieve proficiency, according to an editorial published in the fall 2026 issue of Vertebral Columns. The…