Spine

A study published in the May 15 issue of Spine indicates that complication rates, costs, and hospitalization lengths are longer for African-American patients when compared to Caucasian patients, both who had undergone lumbar spinal stenosis. 

HealthGrades recently named Valdosta, Ga.-based South Georgia Medical Center number one in the state and among the top 10 in the country for spine surgery.

The Scoliosis Research Society has posted the names of those who have received a 2013 SRS award or scholarship on their website. Awards include:

Here are seven things for spine surgeons to know for Thursday, June 20, 2013.

Here are three spine surgeons on how electronic medical records have altered their daily interactions with patients.

A study recently published in Spine found that reoperation rate is significantly less among patients undergoing total disc replacement than anterior cervical fusion.

At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine & Pain Managemea roundtable of ambulatory surgery center industry experts discussed orthopedic, spine and pain management practice defining issues.

The North American Spine Society released a statement responding to the Yale Open Data Access Project that published two studies in the Annals of Internal Medicine showing lower degrees of efficacy and higher rates of adverse effects with the use…

Michael Gordon, MD, board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon, practices with Hoag Orthopedic Institute in Irvine, Calif. Dr. Gordon earned his medical degree from the Joan Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York. He interned at Mount Sinai…

On Tuesday, June 19, Christopher R. Good, MD, a spinal specialist from the Virginia Spine Institute in Reston, Va., performed the first sacroiliac fusion surgery guided by a robot on a patient.