Spine

Here are seven things for spine surgeons to know for Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014.

Here eight spine surgeons discuss a number of opportunities for growth in the spine industry in 2014, including minimally invasive spine surgery and biologics.  

A group of researchers at The Spine Center at Oregon Health and Science University examined patient online new patient questionnaire completion rates for patients with and without email addresses, according to an AANS report.

Spine surgeons and researchers recently published an article in The Spine Journal examining the characteristics of spinal injuries incurred from motor vehicle collisions.

Newport News, Va.-based Orthopaedic & Spine Center has opened a new physical therapy center in Newport News.

Orthopedists are the most financially stable with 77 percent in the specialty reporting at least adequate savings, according to a Medscape Orthopedist Lifestyle Report 2014.

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, Calif., is planning to launch the Hoag Neurosurgery Spine Program.

The rollout of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is changing the face of healthcare delivery and reimbursements.

A study recently published in Spine compares arthrodesis rates between patients undergoing single-level minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with Actifuse or recombinant bone morphogenetic protein-2.

William Tally, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Athens (Ga.) Orthopedic Institute, discusses outpatient spine surgery trends and how new physicians can begin bringing cases into the ASC.