Spine surgery is undergoing a major shift as more procedures move from hospitals into ASCs, driven by advances in minimally invasive techniques, technology and care delivery models. What was once ...

Robotic spine surgery is gaining momentum, but for Bradley Moatz, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon at Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health, the conversation is not about whether the technology works. It is ...

The rates of death after emergency spine fracture surgery in older adults are high, but how do they compare to emergency surgeries for other common fractures in older adults, such as hip fractures?

New platform being observed by doctors around the world provides a ‘level of precision and coordination [that] allows us to ...

Here are four studies illustrating the state of outpatient spine surgery and where it’s headed. 1. Outpatient spine procedures grew among Medicare patients between 2010 and 2021, with significant ...

PHOENIX — A growing medical trend is helping cure something 80% of Americans will experience in their lifetime – back pain, which is a leading cause of disability, work loss, and doctor visits. Donna ...

UC San Diego Health has pushed spine surgery into next‑level territory, completing what it calls the West Coast’s first spine ...

Chronic back pain can severely impact daily life, limiting mobility and diminishing quality of life. Many patients hesitate to consider surgery, fearing its effectiveness or the potential risks ...

Asthma patients on long-term inhalers who undergo spine surgery may face a higher risk of repeat operations, a new international study has found.The study, led by researchers at Johns Hopkins ...

Dr. Jeffrey Gum, a spine surgeon with Norton Leatherman Spine, became the first in the world to use Medtronic’s new Stealth ...

Alberta Health Services is touting a new, minimally invasive spinal surgery that has slashed recovery times from months to ...

Medicare is reviewing whether seniors should undergo spine operations at same-day surgery centers, the government-run health program announced Wednesday, five months after a USA TODAY Network-Kaiser ...