Spine Surgery vs. Physical Therapy: Designing Clinical Trials to Answer Questions that Will Elevate Clinical Practice
Guest post from: Zoher Ghogawala, MD; Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center; Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Burlington, MA (top left) John Ratliff, MD; Co-Director, Division of Spine and Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA (top right) Praveen Mummaneni, MD; Co-director UCSF’s […]
Ambulatory Surgery Centers Provide Excellent Setting for Spine Surgery
Guest Post from Richard N.W. Wohns, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery University of Washington Founder and President, Neospine Seattle, WA It is well known that ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) provide surgical services at costs lower than hospitals — due in large part because ASCs typically limit their procedures to simpler, lower-risk, ambulatory procedures. […]