Letter to the Editor Regarding "Workforce Trends in Spinal Surgery: Geographic Distribution
and Primary Specialty Characteristics from 2012 to 2017". - Abstract - Europe PMC Sign in …

Objective Although both neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons specialize in spinal care,
it is not clear how this increased demand for spine surgeons has affected these fields. In this …

Spinal surgery has advanced from decompression procedures to complex spinal
reconstruction and internal stabilization within the last 25 years, as a result of a broad-based …

Abstract The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), 11 years ago
converted its Internal Revenue Code (IRC) tax status from a 501 (c)(3) to a 501 (c)(6) entity …

The accompanying article reports an observational study that aimed to compare utilization of
spine surgery between the United States and Canada. The authors analyzed administrative …

National spending on health care was estimated to have reached $2.7 trillion in 2011 by the
Office of the Actuary in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, representing an …

OBJECTIVE. To determine the number of neurosurgeons in clinical practice in Canada on
Jan. 1, 1996, and their practice profile and to determine requirements for 2001 and 2011 …

Substantial advances in the area of spine surgical research have been made over the
course of the last halfcentury, increasing appreciation for the natural history of spinal …

Background To our knowledge no analysis of academic orthopedics division chiefs (DC)
exists in the current orthopedic literature. Serving as a Division Chief may be a career …

Study Design Cross-sectional study. Objective This study aimed to stratify the geographic
distribution of academic spine surgeons in the United States, analyzing how this distribution …