Spine

  It takes a dedicated and talented physician to focus on the spine specialty. Here, two spine surgeons discuss what about the field attracted them to it.

Here are 10 spine and neurosurgeons in the news this past week.

  With great power comes great responsibility, and more often than not, great controversy. Here are 10 lawsuits and settlements involving orthopedic and spine device companies in 2014.

East Meadow, N.Y.-based NuHealth named Elizabeth Fontana, MD, to lead the neurosurgery division at Nassau University Medical Center.

 There were several changes made in 2014 to healthcare coverage and spine surgeon pay; 2015 promises to bring even more updates.

A study published in Spine Deformity, the official journal of the Scoliosis Research Society, examines patients undergoing primary and revision vertebral column resection to compare correction rates and complications.

  Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for Oct. 16, 2014.

A study recently published in Spine examined the cost effectiveness of using vancomycin in thoracolumbar adult deformity surgeries to curb infections.

Texas Sport & Spine is joining other area organizations and the Meek Blood Center to host a blood drive in Abilene, according to a Big Country Homepage report.

The AOSpine Foundation and Thieme Publishing Group have published the first volume in the AOSpine Masters Series.