Spine

Thirty-two percent of patients were using narcotic painkillers a year after undergoing spine surgery, according to a new study reported in MedPage Today.

Patients who met the inclusion criteria for degenerative spondylolisthesis improved more with surgery than with nonoperative treatment, according to a study published in Spine.

Five spine surgeons discuss how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's reforms will affect their spine practice.

Bartosz Wojewnik, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon, recent joined Loyola University Medical Center, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

Three spine surgeons discuss their patient selection process and why this step is one of the most important in spine care.

Gary, Ind.-based Methodist Hospitals is planning new orthopedic and spine care facilities at its Midlake Campus in Gary and its Southlake Campus in Merrillville, Ind., according to a Northwest Indiana Times report.

CMS said Medicare will not reimburse percutaneous image-guided lumbar decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis patients, according to a new national coverage determination.

At the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting last week, a group of spine surgeons led by Alan S. Hilibrand, MD, discussed healthcare reform and what spine surgeons need to know for successfully navigating the coming changes.

An incentive program to reduce the number of unnecessary diagnostic laboratory tests performed in neurosurgical patients at University of California San Francisco resulted in a 47 percent reduction in the number of targeted tests in a year, according to study…

Billings, Mont.-based St. Vincent Healthcare has opened its $8.4 million Orthopedic and Spine Center of Excellence, according to a KULR8 News report.