Spine

The Spine Journal recently published a review of lumbar fusions in workers' compensation patients to determine outcomes when compared with non-surgical patients.

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Osceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee, Fla., completed a $60 million patient tower, which includes an orthopedic and spine center.

Star Medical Center, a surgical hospital in Plano, Texas, has opened.

A study published in the recent issue of The Spine Journal analyzed the perioperative costs associated with single-level minimally invasive and open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.

Spine surgeon Jeffrey R. Carlson, MD, managing partner with the Orthopaedic & Spine Center in Newport News, Va., recently reported on the trend of having monetary conversations with patients.

Patients with mild, moderate and severe cervical spondylotic myelopathy showed improvement in functional, disability-related and quality-of-life outcomes one year after undergoing surgical decompression surgery, according to a study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

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

Chetan K. Patel, MD, moderated a symposium about robotics and navigation in the spine surgeon's operating room at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting.

Steven Cyr, MD, was named chief of staff at Victory Medical Center Landmark in San Antonio.