Spine

A recent study in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine identified the rate of infection following posterior lumbar spinal fusion for degenerative spine disease as well as the factors associated with an increased risk of infection after the procedure.

Here are 8 things for spinal surgeons to know for February 26, 2013.

 Here are 20 spine surgeons and neurospine surgeons recently joining new practices or receiving new titles.

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian launched the Hoag Neurosurgery Spine Program in February 2014. The multidisciplinary program aims to bring specialists together for more efficient and effective care.

A new research study published in Spine compares complications after lumbar spinal surgery at teaching and non-teaching hospitals.

Spinal fusions are under more scrutiny than ever by patients, payers and spine surgeons themselves. A 2012 study based on data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Sample published in Spine found spinal fusions jumped 137 percent from…

In a Texas Back Institute blog post, Jessica Shellock, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the institute, discusses if high heels can permanently injure a woman's back.

Sunnyside (W.Va.) Community Hospital announced the addition of neurosurgeons Dave Atteberry, MD, and Hoan Tran, MD, to its Specialty Center Surgical Group in Sunnyside, according to a Daily Sun News report.

A systematic review of studies on the accuracy of intraoperative image guidance systems for pedicle screw placement was recently published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine.

The Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto GBA announced it will cover minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion procedures on a case-by-case basis, according to a news release from SI-BONE.