Background: Spine surgeons complete training through residency in orthopaedic surgery
(ORTH) or neurosurgery (NSGY). A survey was conducted in 2013 to evaluate spine surgery …

Abstract Study Design Program director survey. Objectives To collect data on spine surgical
experience during orthopedic and neurological surgery residency and assess the opinions …

Spine surgeon training in the United States consists of either an orthopedic or a neurological
surgery residency program followed by an optional spine surgery fellowship [1],[2] …

Methods: This was a retrospective national cohort study of orthopaedic surgery residents
and orthopaedic spine surgery fellows graduating from US Accreditation Council for …

Objective Two general pathways exist for spine surgery training in the United States:
orthopedic surgery and neurological surgery. Previous studies have not quantified the …

Background: Spine surgery training in the United States currently involves residency training
in neurological or orthopaedic surgery. Because of different core residency surgical …

Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate the difference in patient-reported outcomes
and surgical complication rates between lumbar procedures carried out either by …

Department of Orthopaedic and Neurological Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North
Carolina IN this article, Lad and colleagues assessed surgical case logs published by the …

Study Design. A cross-sectional survey of senior neurosurgical and orthopedic residents.
Objective. To evaluate the confidence of senior orthopedic and neurosurgery residents in …

At present, postgraduate fellowship training in spinal surgery offers a wide variation in terms
of surgical experience, diversity of exposure to the various components of spinal disorders …