According to the North American Community Hub Statistics (NCHstats), back pain affects four in every five people in the United States. The discomfort and loss of mobility that it causes result in 264 ...

Over 400,000 spinal fusion surgeries are performed annually in the United States and as the population ages, that number is expected to rise. The goal of many spinal fusion surgeries is to reduce or ...

Payers have historically treated spine surgery as a default hospital procedure, but that assumption is increasingly at odds with clinical reality. Advances in minimally invasive techniques, enhanced ...

In 2026, spinal surgery is moving away from a fusion-first mindset toward motion-preserving, minimally invasive, and ...

Doctors in Calgary started performing endoscopic spine surgery in January 2025. According to Alberta Health Services, nearly 100 patients have received the minimally invasive procedure since the ...