Spine

A new report published in The Spine Journal studies racial, ethic and socioeconomic disparities in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Several factors have come together in the past few months to create a perfect storm of disincentives to spine surgeon inventors.

Researchers in the department of orthopedic surgery at The Johns Hopkins University/Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore recently published an article examining the survival and morbidity after treatment for vertebral compression fractures among Medicare patients in the Journal of…

Alan Boulos, MD, board-certified neurosurgeon, has been elected to the Society of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Boulos is the chief of the neurosurgery division at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center.

Dixie Regional Medical Center plans to open the Southern Neurosciences Institute in St. George, Utah, next week, according to a report from The Spectrum.

A new study published in Spine examines the characteristics associated with acute development of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism after spine surgery.

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons sent a letter of disagreement to the Medical Director for the National Correct Coding Initiative Niles R. Rosen, MD, responding to a new procedure edit for spine surgery codes.

The Orthopedic & Spine Institute of San Antonio has announced the opening of its Children's Orthopaedic & Spine Center, which will be led by Hongbo Liu, MD, and Eric Ritchie, MD.

Earlier this week the Dallas-based network Dr-Pain.com added eight new spine surgeons and has now announced the addition of another six spine surgeons.

This webinar was sponsored by Esaote North America and Musculoskeletal Imaging Consultants.