Spine

The spine field landscape is changing in many ways, including patient demographics and how surgeons are reaching those patients.

While opioids are a go-to strategy for pain management after spine or orthopedic surgery, there is an opioid-reducing strategy that has been employed successfully.

Here are 10 spine surgeons who were featured in the news this week.

FirstHealth Neurosurgery is using a new device for two-level cervical disc replacement surgery, according to a Your Daily Journal report.

A new study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines the most common misconceptions patients have about spine surgery.

Here are seven things for spinal surgeons to know for May 21, 2015.

A new report in Uncover California examines a study conducted at Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center comparing the oral steroid prednisone to a placebo for patients with sciatica.

David Siambanes, MD, was featured in a WMAZ 13 report discussing a unique spine surgery he performed on a young patient to remove a tumor from his spine.

How can spine researchers improve their meta-analyses?

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, GW Hospital and The GW Medical Faculty Associates appointed Raj Rao, MD, department of orthopedic surgery chair.