Spine

Dallas-based Minimally Invasive Pain & Spine Institute is accepting patients at five new locations.

Senator and likely presidential hopeful Rand Paul made comments minimizing back pain patients in a recent campaign speech, leading some to wonder whether he's "anti-spine."

Here are 10 orthopedic spine and neurosurgeons in the news this past week.

The five-Ohio health system collaborative to improve healthcare is now six — with Cleveland Clinic joining, according to a report from The Plain Dealer.

A group of researchers examined whether the claims-based algorithm for classifying surgical indications and operative features in lumbar surgery was effective and published their results in Spine.

Paul Re, MD, was lauded for his 15 years of work at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Mass., recently at the hospital's Physician Recognition Dinner.

How will surgeons use recombinant bone morphogenic protein-2 in the post-YODA era?

Is X-Stop better or worse than minimally invasive decompression?

The latest publication from the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trials shows eight-year outcomes data for patients with symptomatic lumbar stenosis. The results were published in Spine.

A New York-based doctor says he's seeing a spike in cases of what's being called "tech neck," or a condition caused by the strain of peering downward at technology all day long.