Lown researchers found that U.S. hospitals performed more than 200,000 unnecessary back surgeries on Medicare beneficiaries ...

Chandigarh: Observing that there was no medical negligence or deficiency in service during the spine treatment of a patient, ...

Elective neurosurgery has quietly crossed a threshold: advances in minimally invasive techniques, anesthesia, and perioperative care have made a set of historically “inpatient” spine and neurovascular ...

Alliance Orthopedics is excited to welcome Dr. Gino Chiappetta, M.D., to its team of distinguished providers. Gino Chiappetta brings over 18 years of excellence in delivering elite spine care. We are ...

The Lown Institute called out dozens of hospitals for performing unnecessary surgeries on Medicare beneficiaries with low back pain, putting patients at risk of serious complications with no evidence ...

A retrospective analysis of 203 consecutive 360° fusions performed in an ambulatory setting confirmed a 100% discharge rate within 23 hours with zero hospital transfers or immediate readmissions.

The following is a transcript of the podcast episode: Rachael Robertson: Hey, everybody, welcome to MedPod Today, the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's ...

Hospitals performed over 200,000 unnecessary back surgeries on older adults over a three-year period, and billed Medicare more than $1.9 billion for those low-value services, according to a Lown ...

A drastic new procedure, which inflicts tiny fractures to the ribs, emerges at the forefront of body modification. A drastic new procedure, which inflicts tiny fractures to the ribs, emerges at the ...

U.S. hospitals have performed more than 200,000 unnecessary vertebroplasty, spinal fusion and laminectomy operations since 2020, costing Medicare nearly $2 billion, according to research from the Lown ...

Introduction: Spinal cord injury (SCI) frequently leads to severe motor impairments and psychological issues, particularly depression, which negatively affects overall quality of life. This study ...

Medical malpractice: Suit alleges that during a cervical laminectomy procedure, health care providers negligently caused spinal cord injury through improper surgical technique and inadequate resident ...