AKRON, Ohio – Akron Children’s Hospital has opened a new operating room dedicated to child, adolescent and young adult spine surgeries. Located in the former cardiac catheterization lab, the $3.5 ...

I’m a surgeon, and I couldn’t be more excited about the potential for communications tools to democratize access to essential knowledge in my profession. Throughout the history of modern surgery, ...

It looks like something a gamer would wear, but an augmented reality headset is a game changer for spine surgeon Dr. Frank Phillips. “It's a very safe, effective and efficient way that's sort of a ...

Do patients lose when doctors profit in the operating room? Spinal surgery has become a multi-billion-dollar industry and everyone involved is profiting, including surgeons. In the first of two ...

Mark Strand, a married father of three from Nokesville, Virginia, said he knew something was wrong when he went in for testing. "I was having daily fevers and low-level fevers, not super high," he ...

Recent biomedical advancements now allow for certain spinal surgeries to be performed via a minimally invasive, outpatient procedure. For patients undergoing endoscopic spine surgery, Dr. Mark Mahan ...

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 ...

Spinal scoliosis is a degenerative spinal disease that can cause extreme pain or weakness in the legs while walking. In some extreme cases it can even lead to a curvature in the spine that causes ...

Common types of spine surgery include laminectomy, vertebroplasty, and spinal fusion. Certain procedures are better suited for certain types of damage. There are many types of spine surgery, but most ...

Since 2019, MSK has been pioneering the use of robotic surgery for resecting complex, benign paraspinal tumors. Spine neurosurgeon Ori Barzilai, MD, collaborates with thoracic, urologic, and ...