Outpatient Spine

Here are seven recent stories on outpatient spine trends and news articles.

Frederick, Md.-based Advanced Spine Endoscopy & Pain became Sky Spine Endoscopy Institute, effective Jan. 1.

Graham Mouw, MD, performed the first outpatient lamina replacement using the Globus Haven Lamina Replacement System in California at Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys.

Looking to improve patient satisfaction at your surgery center? Dustin Cole, MD, an interventional spine specialist at Valley View Brain Surgery & Spine Comprehensive Spine Center in Glenwood Springs, Colo., gives tips on how physicians and surgery centers can better…

Mark Adams, MD, performed Michigan's first coflex spinal procedure in an ASC last December.

Hollywood, Fla.-based The Less Exposure Surgery Specialists Institute spine surgeon Kingsley Chin, MD, completed a three level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion case in an hour and five minutes, his record time.

A study published in Spine, explores the trends of various spine surgeries being performed in hospital outpatient settings versus ambulatory surgery centers.

As demand for outpatient spine surgery continues to increase, researches routinely find outpatient lumbar and cervical spine surgery is safe and cost effective.

Lateral lumbar interbody fusions are become more popular as patients seek out minimally invasive surgery options with quicker recovery.

Here are seven key stories on outpatient spine trends and news.