Spine

This article is sponsored by Medtronic.   Lateral spine surgery has been an effective procedure for the past decade; now, Oblique Lateral Interbody Fusion (OLIF at L2-L5) gives surgeons lateral access while preserving the psoas and avoiding the iliac crest.

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?