Spine

Length of stay at the hospital after surgery is critically important; too-short of a stay yields poor clinical quality and high readmission rates while too-long of a stay can expose patients to increased infection risk and costs the healthcare system…

Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for Nov. 20, 2014.

Five spine surgeons discuss consolidation among physician practices and whether this is a positive trend for the spine industry or a negative one.

A huge portion of the overall bill for surgery covers device and implant costs, and hospitals are starting to take notice. With new pressure to reduce costs wherever possible, materials managers and hospital administrators are looking for ways to reduce…

Several Salem, Mass.-based North Shore Medical Center physicians in the department of surgery were honored for their clinical excellence and professionalism, according to a Danvers Herald report.

A group of researchers examined the risk factors for adjacent segment disease following spinal fusion and non-fusion surgery and published their findings in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute in Kansas City, Mo., opened a neurosurgery clinic in Lee's Summit, Mo., according to a Lee's Summit Journal report.

The cervical disc replacement market is expected to grow through 2020, according to a Persistence Market Research report.

Are epidural steroid injections cost-effective for acute lumbosacral radicular syndrome?

The Advanced Lateral Approves to the Spine 2015 Hands-On Cadaver Lab will have an event on Feb. 7, 2015 to instruct surgeons in lateral approaches to the spine.