Spine

A new study published in Spine examines the postoperative narcotic consumption among workers' compensation patients after minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.

Neurologist Oliver Sacks, MD, died at 82 years old on August 30, according to Medscape.

Here are seven spine surgeons and neurosurgeons in the news this past week.

Sanford Brain & Spine Center in Fargo, N.D., welcomed cerebrovascular neurosurgeon, Alexander Drofa, MD, according to Prairie Business.

The North American Spine Foundation appointed Janet R. Maurer, MD, MBA, to its board of directors.

Are epidural steroid injections the best nonoperative option for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis?

Here are nine things for spinal surgeons to know for August 27, 2015.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons spokesman Michael Gleiber, MD, FAAOS, supports the new partnership between the American Academy of Family Physicians and the National Football League.

Here five spine surgeons discuss the impending switch-over to ICD-10 and whether they are prepared.

Cervical fusion has traditionally been the standard procedure performed for an array of common cervical conditions such as disc degeneration, bone spurs, herniated discs, radiculopathy and spinal stenosis.