Spine

Twenty-two hospitals have been named in the top 10% of spine surgery hospitals nationwide three years in a row, per Healthgrades.

Point Pleasant, N.J.-based Northeast Spine and Sports Medicine is under investigation following a December data breach. 

Intrinsic Therapeutics earned a Category 1 CPT code from the American Medical Association for bone anchored annular closure, according to an Oct. 24 news release.

Spine surgeons are always learning throughout their careers, and adding new surgical techniques can take time to master.

The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute in Morgantown, W.Va., added restorative neurostimulation therapy for low back pain, according to an Oct. 22 news release.

Healthgrades shared its lists for excellence in specialty care Oct. 22.

Paul Blackburn, a pitcher for the New York Mets, had spine surgery at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, the MLB team said Oct. 22.

Radiation exposure during minimally invasive oblique lateral lumbar interbody fusion with dual C-arm intraoperative imaging met safety standards, according to an Oct. 20 study in Cureus. 

As augmented reality becomes more widely used in the field of spine and orthopedic care, here are six updates from the third quarter of 2024: 

Becker's reported on three ongoing legal cases involving spine surgeons and spine companies in the last week.