Outpatient Spine

Tampa, Fla.-based Shriners Hospitals for Children plans to lay off 60 hospital employees Aug. 1, months after announcing a new focus on outpatient care, the Tampa Bay Business Journal reports.

Tampa (Fla.) Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Center joined Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System, according to Jennifer Pagliaro, RN, director of nursing at the center.

Towson, Md.-based SurgCenter Development's outpatient complex spine program is growing.

A new study published in Clinical Spine Surgery compared patients who underwent two-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusions in hospitals and ASCs.

Cervical total disc replacement is safe to perform in the outpatient setting, according to new research published in Spine.

A new study published in Spine examines the safety of minimally invasive lumbar decompression in the ambulatory setting. 

A new study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines the readmission rates for multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion procedures in the outpatient versus inpatient setting.

Here are 10 key facts and studies on outpatient spine surgery and spine procedures in ASCs:

Full-endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion is a usable technique for lumbar stabilization surgery in an ASC, according to research published in Pain Physician and the National Center for Biotechnology Information.

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusions are safe in the outpatient setting for properly selected patients, according to new research from the New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting in Las…