Spine

New York-based Manhattan Spine & Pain Medicine has joined National Spine & Pain Centers, a pain management physician practice.

Several spine and orthopedic organizations, including the Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, recently signed a letter to the GOP Doctors Caucus asking them to support new legislation for emergency medicine.

A new article in The Spine Journal recently examined the long-term change in health-related quality of life for patients undergoing surgical treatment for focal lumbar spinal stenosis compared with patients who underwent surgery for hip or knee osteoarthritis.

Pinehurst, N.C.-based FirstHealth of the Carolinas announced that FirstHealth Neurosurgery will move to a larger office in Pinehurst Jan. 6, 2014.

Morris (Ill.) Hospital & Healthcare Centers announced the addition of Mir H. Ali, MD, to its medical staff.

Should Medicare cover percutaneous image-guided lumbar decompression to treat lumbar spinal stenosis?

A group of surgeons and researchers studied 265 consecutive patients with scoliosis treated by posterior spinal fusion to examine how often postoperative images detected an implant-related complication that prompted a revision surgery, and published their results in Spine.

In the 125 years since Dr. Victor Alexander Haden Horsley performed the first laminectomy at University College London, the procedure has undergone vast improvements ranging from less invasive techniques and higher success rates, to shorter recovery times and the shift…

Star Medical Center, a surgical hospital in Plano, Texas, announced that it has named TrizCom as its agency of record.

Donald S. Corenman, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., has completed research on the effects of failed less invasive spine surgery on lumbar spinal fusion outcomes.