Spine

Bryan Oh, MD, a neurosurgeon with a special interest in spine surgery at BASIC Spine in Orange, Calif., talks about how spine surgeons can build a healthy relationship with hospitals and where these relationships may be heading in the future.

Generally speaking there are two entry points to a spine practice. A practice is either looking to expand and increase patient load or it is looking for a surgeon to fill a specific subspecialty niche, such as a surgeon trained…

Young physicians just beginning their practices don't have patients lined up for them on the first day; they need to build their practice, and the success of the group as a whole depends on their ability to experience growth. Here…

A recent study published in Spine investigated the biomechanical behavior of a cortical screw fixation system in comparison to a traditional pedicle screw system.

BlueCross Blue Shield has named Loma Linda (Calif.) University Medical Center a Blue Distinction Center in the areas of spine and knee and hip replacement.

SpineCenter Atlanta has announced that its director of interventional spine, Armin Oskouei, MD, has performed the first endoscopic spine surgery in Atlanta.

Terrence Crowder, MD, a spine surgeon with Sonoran Spine Center in Mesa, Ariz., discusses the recent Medicare payment cuts as a result of the sequester and how these cuts will impact spine surgeons going forward.

Researchers led by Yong Ahn, MD, at Worridul Spine Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, recently published a study in Spine on the amount of radiation absorbed by spinal surgeons during percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy procedures.

In a recent study published in Spine, researchers described patterns of prophylactic antibiotic use in pediatric spinal fusion surgeries performed in U.S. children's hospitals.

The Milliman accounting firm has proposed a series of clinical and imaging criteria to satisfy and document as best practice before a surgical procedure is performed. Many insurance companies have adopted the Milliman criteria as absolute requirements before approving surgical…