Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Richard Menger is a neurosurgeon and a political scientist. A post-operative x-ray showing a spinal deformity correction for ...

People who need complex spine surgery have a new option for state-of-the-art, comprehensive spine care. The Complex Spine & ...

New York City-based Hospital for Surgery launched The Complex Spine & Scoliosis Center, according to a Jan. 27 news release. Specialties at the center include anesthesiology, infectious disease, ...

In general, complexity is the enemy of efficiency. When there are multiple different ways of doing things, it becomes harder to streamline processes (from an engineering or design point of view). From ...

For people with bone problems such as osteopenia or osteoporosis, improving bone health before complex spine surgery is important. Improving bone density before spinal fusion or surgery to repair a ...

Surgery for spinal stenosis of the neck aims to relieve compression and improve symptoms. Spinal stenosis is a compression of nerves in the spine. The condition most commonly affects the lumbar spine, ...

“The primary reason we use this is for safety,” Dr. Sean Jandhyala says in a video announcing a new digital technology platform used to perform complex spinal surgeries at Community Medical Center ...

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 ...

Performing complex spine surgeries in an ASC provides both financial and quality of care benefits to the facility, its surgeons and, most importantly, to its patients. ASCs offer flexibility of ...

James Cook University Hospital is introducing the equipment next month to improve patient outcomes.

Surgical treatments for spinal stenosis include laminectomy, discectomy, and spinal fusion. A doctor may recommend surgery for spinal stenosis in severe cases or if nonsurgical methods do not help ...