First Spinal Fusion With Medicrea's UNiD ALIF Cages: 5 Key Takeaways
Medicrea announced that a surgeon in Lyon, France has performed the world's first spinal fusion surgery using customized spine cages created with a 3-D printer — its UNiD ALIF customized cages. Here...
View ArticleDr. Baraa Al-Hafez to Provide Care in New Texas Location: 5 Key Points
Houston-based Mischer Neuroscience Institute announced that neurosurgeon Baraa Al-Hafez, MD, is now seeing patients in Katy, Texas, according to a Houston Chronicle report. Here are five key...
View ArticleRobotic vs. Fluoroscopic Guidance in Spine Surgery: 5 Key Findings
An article recently published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examined the safety and accuracy of robot-assisted pedicle screw insertion. The researchers examined data for 95 patients with...
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Behind the K2M IPO: CEO Eric Major Talks Strategy, Innovation & Future...
K2M has been the talk of the town since filing its initial public offering earlier this year. CEO Eric Major appeared on the NASDAQ CEO Signature Series podcast to discuss the company's growth. Piper...
View Article50 Spine-Focused ASCs to Know
Here are 50 ambulatory surgery centers with a focus on spine procedures. Advanced Spine Surgery Center in Union, N.J., was founded by Kaixuan Liu, MD, a board-certified pain medicine physician. The...
View Article5 Key Cost & Quality Findings on Spinal Fusion vs. coflex
Two recently-published clinical journal articles examine the cost-effectiveness and safety of performing lumbar spine surgery with fusion as well as Paradigm Spine's coflex Interlaminar Stabilization...
View Article13 Leaders of Spine-Focused ASCs to Know
Here are 13 administrators of spine-driven ambulatory surgery centers. This list was developed based on the administrators and CEOs from the spine-focused centers named in the "100 ASC Administrators...
View Article$4.6B by 2019: 5 Key Observations on Surgical Robotics & Computer Assistance...
The global market for medical robotics and computer-assisted surgical technologies is projected to reach $4.6 billion in 2019, according to a report from BCC Research. Here are five things to know...
View Article16 Statistics on Orthopedic Surgeon Patient Visits vs. Paperwork
The Medscape Orthopedist Compensation Report 2014 reported orthopedic surgeons on average see up to 100 patients per week, spend up to 16 minutes with each patient and have nine or fewer hours of...
View ArticleOutpatient Spinal Fusion Safety & Efficacy: 5 Things to Know
A study published in the International Journal of Spine Surgery last year examines the safety and feasibility of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion in an ambulatory setting. The article's authors...
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Post Sunshine Act: How Spine Surgeon Relationships With Industry Are Evolving
In August 2013, the Physician Payment Sunshine Act went into effect, meaning industry interactions with physicians were recorded and published online. The first set of interactions published on the...
View ArticleWhat Does It Take to Be a Successful ASC Administrator?
Here are 10 keys to being a great ASC administrator from Surgical Directions and other leaders in the surgery center industry.
View ArticleDr. Raj Sureja Among First to Use Stryker Curved Needle: 5 Key Takeaways
Raj N. Sureja, MD, of Orthopaedic & Spine Center in Newport News, Va., recently became the first physician in Virginia, and one of the first physicians in the United States, to use the Stryker...
View Articlejoimax Celebrates 10-Year Mark With TESSYS Surgical Technique: 5 Things to Know
joimax will be celebrating 10 years successful years on the market with the TESSYS minimally invasive surgical technique at the 4th World Congress of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Techniques...
View ArticleLaser Spine Institute to Open 3 Midwestern Locations: 5 Things to Know
Laser Spine Institute announced the company will open new centers in three Midwestern cities this year. The Tampa, Fla.-based Laser Spine Institute will open centers in Cleveland, St. Louis and...
View ArticleC-Arm Fluoroscopy, Portable X-ray or CT: 5 Findings on Radiation Exposure...
A group of researchers compared C-arm fluoroscopy, portable X-ray radiography and portable cone-beam computed tomography for the advantages and disadvantages of each system and published the results...
View ArticleNASS: 4 Key Capitol Hill Updates for Spine Surgeons
The North American Spine Society's Spine on the Hill blog recently highlighted four key legislative updates for spine surgeons to know. While the organization continues to support sustainable growth...
View ArticleDr. Kenneth Pettine Begins M6-C Artificial Spinal Disc Trial: 5 Things to Know
Kenneth Pettine, MD, recently completed the first series of M6-C implants as part of the U.S. FDA clinical trial at Arete Surgical Center in Johnstown, Colo. Here are five things to know about the...
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Young Spine Surgeons Entering the Field: 5 Key Trends
Young spine surgeons today are exiting their fellowships and entering into a vastly different healthcare environment than even five years ago. Pressures and uncertainty from healthcare reform, coupled...
View Article8 Things for Spine Surgeons to Know for Thursday — June 12
Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for June 12, 2014. Study compares C-arm fluoroscopy, portable X-ray and CTThe researchers measured radiation exposure from each system and found that...
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