Spine

The Joint Commission gave Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast's Spine Center the Gold Seal of Approval, according to a NWF Daily News report.

A new study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusions.

Benvenue Medical reported results from the Kiva VCF Treatment System for back pain, showing the device has substantial cost and resource savings for hospitals over balloon kyphoplasty.

Albert Telfeian, MD, has performed the first reported case of extracting the tumor endoscopically under a local anesthetic and while the patient was awake.

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis named Munish C. Gupta, MD, the chief of spine surgery in the department of orthopedic surgery.

The Spine Health Foundation honored neurosurgeon Timothy Fullagar, MD, with the 2015 Hope Award.

Here, five spine surgeons discuss how the physician shortage, combined with the increase in the insured population, will affect spine care delivery.  

Robotic spine surgery has grown from 80,000 surgeries to 205,000 surgeries in the past three years, and more surgeons are training on the technology each day.

A new study published in the Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques examines free-hand screw placement accuracy using a new method that includes localized entry points.

This article is sponsored by Medtronic.   Lateral spine surgery has been an effective procedure for the past decade; now, Oblique Lateral Interbody Fusion (OLIF at L2-L5) gives surgeons lateral access while preserving the psoas and avoiding the iliac crest.