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.
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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.
Reston-based Virginia Spine Institute recorded the world's first spinal surgery using combined endoscopic and robotic-guided technology.
A study in Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery analyzed the positive predictive value of diagnostic 1 percent lidocaine containing transforaminal epidural steroid injections after outpatient endoscopic decompression for lumbar foraminal and lateral recess stenosis.
The ASC market is predicted to reach more than $92 billion by 2024, according to a Global Market Insights report.
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A study in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine evaluated the effectiveness of using local anesthetic in endoscopic posterior decompression procedures for lumbar spinal stenosis patients.
A study in the International Journal of Spine Surgery researched the effectiveness of outpatient transforaminal decompression as an alternative to inpatient revision decompression procedures.
With the opioid epidemic front of mind for ambulatory surgery center leaders, a study in the International Journal of Spine Surgery researched if hospital surgery centers or ASCs prescribed more narcotics after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.
At Becker's ASC 25th Annual Meeting: The Business and Operations of ASCs in Chicago Oct. 18, three executives from the ASC industry spoke about their strategies when it comes to adding speciality services to centers.
A study published in The Spine Journal examined the efficacy and safety of percutaneous transforaminal interbody fusion for lumbar spinal fusion at an outpatient center.