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 ...

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 ...

Orthopedic surgery is rapidly migrating into ASCs and other outpatient settings. But despite advances in surgical technique, anesthesia and perioperative care, along with strong patient demand for ...

Physicians are paid less today for many common spine procedures than they were in 2000, according to the blog of Jeffrey Binder, president and CEO of Biomet, which makes spine surgery devices. In that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ascension’s Dell Children’s Medical Center North Campus is changing the future of medical procedures by becoming the first pediatric hospital in the world to provide robotic spine surgeries. “The ...

RESTON, Va., June 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- VSI® proudly announces a groundbreaking achievement in spine surgery, led by nationally recognized spine surgeon Dr. Ehsan Jazini. In a first-of-its-kind ...

Hospitals charged Medicare more than $1.9 billion over three years for more than 200,000 unnecessary, “low-value” back surgeries for older adults, according to a new analysis of claims data from the ...

Dr. Carrie Jose, in her latest Health and Wellness column, explains why back surgery is rarely the answer, and what the first ...

The Dynamis is an integrated, navigation-based robotic platform designed to support a wide range of spine surgical procedures, including thoracic, lumbar, and sacral approaches. Built for use in real ...