After hundreds of hours of collaborative work, Awake Spine Surgery has been published as the first comprehensive textbook ...

From clinical outcomes to costs, here are the key discoveries in spine surgery this year: 1. A study from Plano-based Texas Back Institute found positive clinical results for patients having hybrid ...

Becker’s reported on four spine surgery debuts in December. 1. Frank Fumich, MD, of the Orthopaedic Institute of Ohio in Lima, performed the region’s first two-level cervical disc replacement using ...

Endoscopic Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (EMISS) is a groundbreaking advancement in spine care. Utilizing specialized instruments and endoscopic cameras, EMISS substantially reduces tissue ...

Since Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci robot system received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the year ...

From spine robotics to endoscopic surgery, here are the ideas that took some time for physicians to fully embrace. Editor’s note: Responses were lightly edited for clarity. Question: What’s an idea in ...

A man who suffered from a spinal condition says he can now walk without pain after becoming a hospital's first patient to ...

A retrospective analysis of 203 consecutive 360° fusions performed in an ambulatory setting confirmed a 100% discharge rate within 23 hours with zero hospital transfers or immediate readmissions.

In the past couple of years there have been numerous changes made to the code sets for reporting arthrodesis techniques, instrumentation and bone grafts versus biomechanical devices so let’s review ...

A cervical foraminotomy is a procedure that decompresses a nerve in the neck. A spine surgeon removes bone or disc pieces that are pressing on the nerves that go from your neck to your arm. The ...

"We're excited to welcome Dan Park to the team," says Dr. Kern Singh, Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush spine surgeon and Director of Spine Surgery, Rush University Medical Center. "He brings more than 15 ...