With the opioid epidemic front of mind for ambulatory surgery center leaders, a study in the International Journal of Spine Surgery researched if hospital surgery centers or ASCs prescribed more ...

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion is a surgical procedure performed to remove a herniated or degenerative disc in the cervical spine. While this procedure has been present in hospitals for some ...

New Orleans, Louisiana — Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) was shown to be not only effective and durable at 5 years of follow-up but also cost-effective, registration trials of ...

The trend towards ambulatory surgery for procedures previously limited to the inpatient setting is well established. [6,7,8,9,10,11] Trends in spinal surgery towards less invasive approaches and ...

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion is widely used to treat spinal disorders. The fusion involves placing a bone graft or 'cage' and/or implants where the surgically removed damaged disc was ...

This groundbreaking achievement at Melomed Mitchells Plain Hospital offers hope to patients grappling with complex spine ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Here are a few questions about spine surgery coding that recently came to the attention of KarenZupko & ...

SeaSpine Holdings Corporation SPNE announced the complete commercial launch of its Admiral ACP System for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) procedures. Admiral ACP features the next ...