Spine

A new study into the incidence, risk factors and outcomes of postoperative airway management after cervical spine surgery was published in Spine.

  Seven spine surgeons talk about the best professional advice they have received during the course of their careers.  

North American Spine has added the Crescent Medical Center in Lancaster, Texas to its list of partner facilities.

Barrington (Ill.) Pain and Spine Institute's certificate of need to include spine surgery in its offerings was approved by the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

  Five spine surgeons discuss the biggest challenges facing the surgeons today.

  Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for April 24, 2014.

Here are 10 recent updates from spine and orthopedic professional societies.

Earlier this year, the American Medical Association's CPT Editorial Panel announced it will make a few significant changes for spinal procedure coding in 2015.

  There is evidence of the short-term efficacy of opioids to treat chronic low back pain, however, the effectiveness and safety of long-term opioid therapy for the same condition remains unproven, according to a study published in Spine.

A team of researchers recently examined ICD-9-CM discharge codes in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample to compare hospital medical coder-assigned codes to the surgeon diagnosis, according to a Newswise report.