Spine

  Back pain is traditionally treated first with non-surgical management — physical therapy, pain medications and injections — before the patient potentially becomes a surgical candidate. However, many of these non-operative treatments are for pain relief and may not actually…

Thibodaux (La.) Regional Medical Center has broken ground on a $63 million wellness center that will include a spine center and pain center, according to a Tri-Parish Times report.

  Here five spine surgeons discuss ways in which new regulations and changes in healthcare delivery have affected their attitude toward the spine industry.

A new study published in Spine examines five-year outcomes after three-column osteotomies.

The North American Spine Society participated in the National Day of Action to Repeal the SGR yesterday to urge congressional representatives to enact a permanent solution to the sustainable growth rate, according to a NASS Blog report.

Here are 8 things for spinal surgeons to know for March 6, 2014.

Macon, Ga.-based Mercer University School of Medicine and the Georgia Neurosurgical Institute in Macon have signed a cooperative agreement with the Yerevan State Medical University in Armenia to develop an educational and research program for students and faculty of both…

Over the years, surgery in most specialties has become less invasive to preserve the patient's natural anatomy and achieve quality outcomes. Spine is no different; however, the explosion of minimally invasive techniques over the past decade has caused controversy as…

Direct surgical decompression with coflex Interlaminar Stabilization Technology provides stability to the spine without fusion, according to a Paradigm Spine report titled "Understanding Spinal Stenosis."

The Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine recently published a report examining opinions about the conflict of interest between physicians and industry-sponsored education.