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 ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio. (Ivanhoe Newswire) --- According to the National Center for Health Statistics, more than 1.2 million spinal surgeries are performed nationally each year. But sometimes the pain ...

Joseph Osorio, MD, PhD, of UC San Diego Health, performed the first case on the West Coast using Medtronic’s Stealth AXiS robot. Stealth AXiS combines robotic technology and AI to help surgeons ...

Tiger Woods had his seventh back surgery on Friday. A day later, the 15-time major champion said that he underwent a lumbar disc replacement and was already feeling the positive effects of the ...

Asthma patients on long-term inhalers who undergo spine surgery may face a higher risk of repeat operations, a new international study has found.The study, led by researchers at Johns Hopkins ...

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