Spine

  In a retrospective study, surgeons examined the clinical outcome and risk of postoperative instability five years after microdecompression for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis using the interspinous approach and published their findings in Spine.

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons sent a letter to U.S. Congressmen Michael Burgess, MD, and Gene Green supporting the "Trauma System and Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act."

University Hospital in Augusta, Ga., is planning a $9 million renovation to accommodate its growing spine surgery and orthopedics practices, according to a report by The Augusta Chronicle.

Here two spine surgeons discuss ways to deal with declining reimbursements in the healthcare industry.

Here are 25 spine surgeons who lead or have led state medical societies.

Spine surgeon researchers recently examined the rate of revision surgery after standalone lateral lumbar interbody fusion for lumbar stenosis and published their findings in Spine.

The North American Spine Society has announced support for the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014.

Avista Adventist Hospital in Louisville, Colo., plans to open a health center that will include neurosurgery services, according to a Boulder County Business Report.

  Here five spine surgeons discuss exciting innovations in spine surgery, roadblocks to spine surgery innovation as well as what they hope to see in terms of innovation in the next five to 10 years.

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.