Outpatient Spine

An observational study in the BMJ assessed whether a relationship exists between the proportion of claims for joint or back pain and the number of rainy days in the week of the outpatient visit. Researchers analyzed U.S. Medicare insurance claims…

Robotics Outpatient Center, Los Angeles furthered its position as a leader in robotics by becoming the first outpatient center in the U.S. to purchase Globus Medical’s ExcelsiusGPS.

A study, published in Clinical Spine Surgery, examined the eligibility of surgical patients meeting outpatient surgery criteria in a single-surgeon private practice.

Todd Lansford, MD, of South Carolina Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in N. Charleston, S.C., on the most interesting spine technology today and where the industry is headed in 2018.

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.