Spine

Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., announced Kristin Archer, PhD, DPT, has received $1.7 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study postoperative management for degenerative spinal conditions.

Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport, N.Y., will soon implement a new neurosurgery program, according to a NorthFork Patch report.

The American Medical Association's CPT Editorial Panel voted to establish a Category I CPT Code for minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion.

An article published in Spine examines the three-year outcomes for patients who underwent microendoscopic posterior decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis.

  Back pain is traditionally treated first with non-surgical management — physical therapy, pain medications and injections — before the patient potentially becomes a surgical candidate. However, many of these non-operative treatments are for pain relief and may not actually…

Thibodaux (La.) Regional Medical Center has broken ground on a $63 million wellness center that will include a spine center and pain center, according to a Tri-Parish Times report.

  Here five spine surgeons discuss ways in which new regulations and changes in healthcare delivery have affected their attitude toward the spine industry.

A new study published in Spine examines five-year outcomes after three-column osteotomies.

The North American Spine Society participated in the National Day of Action to Repeal the SGR yesterday to urge congressional representatives to enact a permanent solution to the sustainable growth rate, according to a NASS Blog report.

Here are 8 things for spinal surgeons to know for March 6, 2014.