Spine

  The Woodlands, Texas-based Victory Healthcare announced that it has increased efforts and formalized a system-wide policy across its eight medical centers to honor and support America's wounded warriors and the sacrifice they and their families have made.

In the July 2014 Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine issue, several spine surgeons contributed to the guideline updates for lumbar spinal fusion procedures.

Here are six recent stories on the future of the spine surgery industry and new clinical developments in spine:

  Richard Francis, MD, of Houston-based Spine Associates, is certified to provide training for spine surgeons in the use of the Mazor Robotics' surgical guidance system.

Here are 20 spine surgeons who received new leadership positions or appointments over the past seven months.

After two years of operation, the National Neurosurgery Quality and Outcomes Database was used in a study to examine the effectiveness of lumbar surgery for disc herniation, according to a report in Pain Medicine News.

The Spine & Pain Physicians Surgery Center has opened in Smyrna, Tenn. Here are three things to know about the new facility and its founder.

  Spine centers across the country are evolving to meet a wider array of patient needs, and learning how to direct patients to the best specialist for their care from their very first visit.

Spine Pain Management announced the formal addition of Odessa-based Back Pain Institute of West Texas as a new diagnostic affiliate.

A study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines the cost-effectiveness of cervical disc replacement compared with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.