As spine surgery steadily moves toward outpatient settings, the limiting factors are no longer primarily clinical. Advances in surgical technique, anesthesia and pain management have made far more ...

Awake spine surgery has largely been limited to shorter, simpler procedures, but Stanley Hoang, MD, of Ochsner LSU Health in Shreveport, La., has leveraged the technique in new ways. Dr. Hoang, who ...

This story is brought to you by Ochsner Health. At Ochsner Health, patients with certain back and spine problems who meet specific criteria may now be candidates for one of the nation’s most promising ...

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.

Tiger Woods has added yet another surgery to his long list of procedures. Woods, 49, underwent lumbar disk replacement surgery Friday, he announced on social media. “After experiencing pain and lack ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Tiffany Bruce spends every day, all day, thinking about pain. Her own, yes, ...

Back surgeries have faced criticism for lackluster health outcomes and high expenses as the procedures have grown in popularity. Studies have found the surgeries increase healthcare spending without a ...