Spine

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

The National Neurosurgery Quality Outcomes Database was approved as a Qualified Clinical Data Registry in the CMS Physician Quality Reporting System for 2015.

A new study published in Spine compares spinal fusion with rhBMP-2 and without rhBMP2.

Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for July 23, 2015

Here are seven trends in endoscopic spinal surgery techniques, based on an article published in the International Journal of Spine Surgery.

Here five spine surgeons discuss the things they wish they had known when they had just entered the spine field.

Coleen Geary is suing Chicago-based Andrew G. Chenelle, MD, in Cook County Circuit Court for allegedly operating on the wrong damaged disc during a spinal surgery performed two years ago, according to CookCountyRecord.

Orthopedic spinal surgeon Lee Merritt, MD, joined Burgess Health Center in Onawa, Iowa, according to The Mapleton Press.

A new study published in Spine examines whether MRI parameters help clinicians predict functional outcomes in surgical patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy. 

Kaixuan Liu, MD, PhD, president of Atlantic Spine Center, advised patients to follow these tips in order to maximize recovery following spine surgery.