The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510 (k) clearance to Surgical Theater's next-generation platform, ...

The rates of death after emergency spine fracture surgery in older adults are high, but how do they compare to emergency surgeries for other common fractures in older adults, such as hip fractures?

The Lown Institute reported that spine surgeries deemed “unnecessary” have cost Medicare billions of dollars but the findings don’t show the full picture, some surgeons say. Two spine surgeons share ...

Chronic back pain can severely impact daily life, limiting mobility and diminishing quality of life. Many patients hesitate to consider surgery, fearing its effectiveness or the potential risks ...

Medicare is reviewing whether seniors should undergo spine operations at same-day surgery centers, the government-run health program announced Wednesday, five months after a USA TODAY Network-Kaiser ...

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 ...

A Mount Sinai study examined how sex-based pelvic anatomical differences affect S2 alar-iliac (S2AI) screw placement and rod ...

Spine surgeries deemed “unnecessary” have come at a cost to Medicare over the past years, and different stakeholders can prevent the prominence of these cases, Vijay Yanamadala, MD, said. Dr.

The late Black Sabbath singer's son details how his 2019 operation seemed to worsen his condition in the new documentary ...

Tiger Woods endures yet another bout of surgery on his ailing lower back and there's no announcement on a possible retirement ...