Spine

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian launched the Hoag Neurosurgery Spine Program in February 2014. The multidisciplinary program aims to bring specialists together for more efficient and effective care.

A new research study published in Spine compares complications after lumbar spinal surgery at teaching and non-teaching hospitals.

Spinal fusions are under more scrutiny than ever by patients, payers and spine surgeons themselves. A 2012 study based on data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Sample published in Spine found spinal fusions jumped 137 percent from…

In a Texas Back Institute blog post, Jessica Shellock, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the institute, discusses if high heels can permanently injure a woman's back.

Sunnyside (W.Va.) Community Hospital announced the addition of neurosurgeons Dave Atteberry, MD, and Hoan Tran, MD, to its Specialty Center Surgical Group in Sunnyside, according to a Daily Sun News report.

A systematic review of studies on the accuracy of intraoperative image guidance systems for pedicle screw placement was recently published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine.

The Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto GBA announced it will cover minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion procedures on a case-by-case basis, according to a news release from SI-BONE.

Washington University in St. Louis announced that Eric C. Leuthardt, MD, has written and published a science fiction book based on his research.

Here are 10 articles on spine surgery study findings within the last two weeks.

New biological developments in the spinal field could revolutionize treatment in the future. Ian Armstrong, MD, Medical Director of Southern California Spine Institute in Los Angeles, discusses the current state of biologics in spine surgery and where the field is…