Healio

Surgeon recommendation for spinal fusion may not improve outcomes vs. decompression alone

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Surgeon opinion for decompression with fusion vs. decompression alone may not impact clinical outcomes. Random ...
Becker's Spine Review

Dr. Stanley Hoang pushes limits of awake surgery: Inside a world-first spinal fusion

Awake spine surgery has largely been limited to shorter, simpler procedures, but Stanley Hoang, MD, of Ochsner LSU Health in Shreveport, La., has leveraged the technique in new ways. Dr. Hoang, who ...
Healio

Ambulatory care may be noninferior to hospitalization for spinal fusion surgery

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ambulatory care after spinal fusion may be noninferior to overnight hospital stays for 6-month functional ...
BMJ Case Reports

Operative management of an extensive spinal epidural abscess

Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a serious infection of the central nervous system that typically presents with midline back pain, fever and neurological deficits. We report a rare case of an ...
Becker's ASC

Five Reasons Neurosurgery’s Future Belongs in the ASC

Neurosurgery is following a familiar path: just as orthopedics and cardiology moved key procedures to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), spine and neurovascular surgeons now have the technology and ...