Outpatient Spine

Smartphone apps can improve patient compliance with preoperative instructions and decrease last-minute surgical cancellations, according to a peer-reviewed study published in The Cureus Journal of Medical Science.

Complications such as hospital or emergency room readmission and infections are lower for patients undergoing outpatient transforaminal endoscopic decompression surgery for lumbar foraminal and lateral recess stenosis at an ASC, according to research published in the International Journal of Spine…

Alexander Taghva, MD, of Orange County Neurosurgical Associates in Mission Viejo, Calif., discusses where he sees the biggest impact of spine technology going forward.

Here are four spine-focused Q&As published in Becker's ASC Review:

Here are seven essential insights on spine surgery performed in the outpatient setting:

Steven Beer, MD, successfully used the OsseoScrew in a spine surgery case Nov. 29, 2018.

Reston-based Virginia Spine Institute added spine surgeon Ehsan Jazini, MD, to its team.

Atlanta-based Polaris Spine & Neurosurgery Center completed its 15th robotically navigated spine surgery.

Anthony Giuffrida, MD, a pain physician with Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Cantor Spine Institute, discusses his role as head of the pain management department and where he sees the field headed.

Baptist Medical Park Surgery Center, an ASC located in Pensacola, Fla., is the first surgery center in the Southeast to purchase Mazor Robotics' Renaissance System.