Outpatient Spine

Two recent studies published in The Spine Journal examine spine surgery in the outpatient setting.

Mark McFarland, DO, leveraged SpineFrontier's A-CIFT SoloFuse-P technology with an angled driver design to perform an outpatient C4-6 anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.

Sunny Uppal, MD, of Riverside, Calif.-based Glenwood Surgical Center, outlines considerations for ASCs before diving into the spine service as well as which spine procedure he believes will shift to the outpatient arena next.

Tampa-based Laser Spine Institute boasts an overall low complication rate and has cared for thousands of patients over the past 12 years.

Throughout 2027, the spinal fusion market is expected to expand, a Future Market Insights report found, according to medGadget.

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

South Carolina-based McLeod Outpatient Rehabilitation is treating adolescent idiopathic scoliosis through the Schroth Method, according to SC Now.

Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke's Spine & Pain Associates physicians are among the first providers in the U.S. to use dorsal root ganglion stimulation to treat chronic pain, according to LVB.com.

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

Nicholas Renaldo, MD, recently became the first surgeon in New York to perform five procedures in an ASC using Paradigm Spine's coflex device.