The FDA has approved Boston Scientific's WaveWriter SCS Systems for treating chronic low back and leg pain in people without prior back surgery. 

Robert Masson, MD, became the first spine surgeon to bring Apple Vision Pro into the operating room.

Healthgrades recently released its annual ranking of the top hospitals for cranial neurosurgery in the U.S. 

Donald Staggs, MD, has joined Cincinnati-based Mayfield Brain & Spine as part of a collaboration between the system and Mercy Health. 

Aspen Mountain Medical Center in Rock Springs, Wyo., added spine surgeon Daniel Possley, DO, according to a Feb. 5 announcement in SweetwaterNow.com.

Multiple spine surgeon leaders are advancing the industry through their work and innovations.

Spine surgeon William Kunkle, DO, joined Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Florida Healthcare and will work at three of its hospitals.

Regenerative therapeutics company Theradaptive has gained FDA approval to enroll patients in its Oasis spine fusion study. 

Here are six spine surgeons who moved to new practices or added to their titles in January:

Spine practices that want to grow often go about it by either merging with other groups or expanding their locations. But there are many elements that can set up success or failure.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is set to undergo minimally invasive spine surgery over the weekend, according to a Jan. 29 report from Politico.

New York City-based NYU Langone Health has tapped Alexandra Miller, MD, PhD, a neurologist and neuro-oncologist specializing in treating primary brain tumors, as chief of the neuro-oncology program and a co-director of the brain and spine tumor center at NYU Langone Health's Perlmutter Cancer Center. 

Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health was sued by the U.S. and the state alleging they hired Jason Dreyer, DO, knowing he was accused of performing medically unnecessary spine surgeries.

Spine specialist D.J. Kennedy, MD, professor and chair of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Nashville, Tenn., has been elected president of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 

From changes in reimbursement rates to debut procedures, here are updates on disc replacement surgery to know in 2024:

Wichita-based Kansas Joint and Spine Specialists has reported a data breach that affected 83,869 patients, according to a Jan. 25 report from classaction.org.

Venu Nemani, MD, PhD, was named to the National Spine Health Foundation's medical and scientific board.

Geisinger Janet Weis Children's Hospital in Danville, Pa. added neurosurgeon Cameron Brimley, MD.

The Scoliosis Research Society created a new award in honor of Douglas Burton, MD, to recognize the Best Adult Deformity Article in the Spine Deformity Journal.

When people think about spine surgery in the future they'll likely also think of minimally invasive techniques, navigation, artificial intelligence and more.