Kern Singh, MD, professor and chief of spine surgery at Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center, has been performing outpatient spine procedures for almost two decades, long enough to see the ...

Christopher Shaffrey, MD, has seen spine care evolve through rapid innovation.  But as outcomes and complication rates face greater scrutiny, the chief of the spine division at Durham, N.C.-based Duke ...

As spine surgery steadily moves toward outpatient settings, the factors limiting broader adoption are no longer primarily clinical. Advances in surgical technique, anesthesia and pain management have ...

Results showed anterior lumbar interbody fusion with posterior pedicle screw fixation may be effective and cost efficient and pose minimal complications within the immediate postoperative period when ...

Narrowing of the spinal canal can make standing and walking unbearable. The chances of getting lumbar spinal stenosis increases with age. Options include pain medications, steroid injections and ...

In November, CMS finalized its Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System rule for 2026, which included the addition of 573 codes to the ASC Covered ...

At U of U Health, our experience sets us apart from others who provide endoscopic and percutaneous spine surgery. We perform many minimally invasive spine surgeries every year and are a recognized ...

The Dynamis is an integrated, navigation-based robotic platform designed to support a wide range of spine surgical procedures ...

The Teaneck-based health care provider announced April 5 it completed the first ultrasound renal denervation procedure in New Jersey. The minimally invasive outpatient treatment aims to significantly ...

Doctors use blood patch procedures to treat spinal headaches, rare events that may happen after epidurals or other medical procedures involving the spine. In a blood patch your own blood is injected ...