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 ...

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 ...

Rheumatoid arthritis often involves your wrists, knees, and feet. But it can also affect your spine. Most of the time, this kind of back pain responds well to arthritis treatments such as biologics.

Here are 10 stories focused on spine surgery and outpatient spine that drew readers’ attention in 2025: 1. Some fee-for-service spine procedures in traditional Medicare will have prior authorizations ...

"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 ...

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 ...

As she prepared for a risky spine operation around 18 months after sustaining injuries in a horrific 2011 car accident that left her in constant pain, Pamela Holt made a promise to herself. Not only ...

An endoscopic neurectomy is a minimally invasive procedure that strategically cuts the medial branch nerves (small nerves on your facet joints). We offer endoscopic neurectomies for low back pain.

In 2025, Becker’s reported on 13 spine and orthopedic surgeons who died including pioneers in the specialties and leaders. 1. Edward Klein, DO, an orthopedic surgeon with Dartmouth, Mass.-based ...

In this video, San Antonio-based orthopedic surgeon Antonio Webb, MD, discusses details of anterior lumbar interbody fusion surgery. Following is a transcript of his remarks (note that errors are ...

Mum Tanya, 32, and Olivia, eight, both struggled with scoliosis for most of their lives PROUD mum Tanya Kater and her little girl show off matching scars from life-changing ops to fix their twisted ...

Spine Medicine & Surgery of Long Island expands to Huntington, offering minimally invasive spine care, pain management and ...