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 ...

Same-day spine surgery has its benefits, but more patients still prefer overnight stays, according to a study in the May 15 issue of Spine. Six things to know: 1. Researchers created a surgery to ...

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 ...

A cervical foraminotomy is a procedure that decompresses a nerve in the neck. A spine surgeon removes bone or disc pieces that are pressing on the nerves that go from your neck to your arm. The ...

A local surgical hospital has once again upped the ante by acquiring revolutionary state-of-the-art technology for patients ...

Spine robots have advanced significantly, especially with pedicle screw placement and surgical preplanning. However they’ve also hit a wall in some efficiency, cost and the roles they play in the OR.

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

Doctors in Calgary started performing endoscopic spine surgery in January 2025. According to Alberta Health Services, nearly ...

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

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spine surgeons at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) reported promising findings for adolescent athletes suffering from pars fracture, a common cause of adolescent back pain ...