Spine

Hospital for Special Surgery has named Todd J. Albert, MD, surgeon-in-chief and medical director, effective July 1.

Current research supports cervical disc replacement as well as fusion, but not much research exists on whether performing a disc replacement at a level adjacent to fusion. Tapan K. Daftari, MD, a spine surgeon with Atlanta-based Resurgens Orthopaedics, and his…

In a March 26, 2014 webinar titled, "Driving Value and Outcomes in the Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis," Hallett Mathews, MD, Executive Vice President and CMO of Paradigm Spine, LLC, and James Chappuis, MD, discussed the value created by the…

Vivek Mehta, MD, an interventional spine specialist, is joining New Jersey Pain Care Center in Riverdale.

A study published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Disease examines the burden of low back pain due to occupational exposure and ergonomic risk factors.

A retrospective study of Medicare claim-level data examined the cost of care for patients who were treated non-surgically for sacroiliitis and published their findings in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine.

  Only 10 percent of orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons follow professional guidelines recommending routine psychological screenings of patients about to undergo major surgery for severe back and leg pain, which may pose a risk to the patients' surgical recovery, according…

University of California San Francisco and University of California Los Angeles have implemented a pilot program that brings together neurosurgeons and hospitalists to improve quality of care and patient safety during neurosurgical procedures, according to a Medscape Medical News report.

Here are eight statistics on orthopedic and spine surgeon salaries based on a Healthcare Salaries report.

A study recently published in Spine examines whether anchor density is associated with curve correction and patient-reported outcomes in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery.