Thomas Schuler, MD, chief executive and spine surgeon at the Virginia Spine Institute in Reston, performed a hybrid multi-level cervical artificial disc replacement with spinal fusion, one of the first in the country.

Here are 13 ASCs where surgeons perform spinal fusions.

Mesoblast, a regenerative medicine company, has announced the results of a Phase 2 clinical trial for lumbar spinal fusions using the company's NeoFuse product.

Robotic technology is becoming more common in medicine and Mazor Robotics has introduced the technology to spine surgery in the United States.

Richard Kube, MD, is a spine surgeon and founder of Prairie Spine & Pain Institute in Peoria, Ill. He is also a faculty member at the University of Illinois School of Medicine in Peoria.

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the 2013 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule last week, which includes a few updates for spine coding, according to a report from the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery.

DePuy Synthes Spine launched the SPOTLIGHT PL Access System, designed for minimally invasive posterior-lateral fusion.

Here are six spine device companies that recently received patents for their products.

Donald Atkins, MD, will be working with the Spine Treatment Centers of America in San Antonio.

Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah, Ga., is participating in a clinical trial to redefine the surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis.