Spine

A new study published in Spine examines how hospital characteristics impact Medicare charges and payments for cervical spine surgery.

Here are 10 things for spinal surgeons to know for August 13, 2015.

Individualizing data collectionAs the healthcare industry continues to shift towards a patient-centric structure, treatment must tailor to the individual, not the masses.

A new study published in Spine examined examines whether the deformity angulation ratio can assess neurologic risks in patients undergoing surgical correction for spinal deformity.

Yu-Po Lee, MD, joined the UC Irvine department of orthopedic surgery.

One-quarter of American women 65 or older have osteoporosis, according to a CDC study. The CDC's National Center for Health Statistics released the report, according to an article in HealthDay.

The y-wire is a very simple innovation developed by a physician's assistant in Florida that I think will have a significant impact on the widespread adoption of minimally invasive spine surgery techniques. This tool has allowed me to marry the…

Rad Payman, MD, of the Advanced Spine Institute, developed a minimally invasive microlaminectomy procedure for lumbar spinal stenosis.

Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Fla. now provides a robotic option for patients seeking spine surgery, according to an article on TBNweekly.com.

Ezriel Kornel, MD, FACS, was the first physician to successfully treat the first patient to survive Legionnaires' disease in 1978. He commented on the current outbreak, according to an article on PIX 11.