Vertebral Columns Spring 2025 Issue In the lead article for this issue, Dr. Kern Singh and his team examine the role of gut health in degenerative disc disease. Additional articles discuss assessing degenerative changes in the cervical spine, the impact of lumbar laterolisthesis, diagnosis of lumbar pseudoarthrosis, segmental plating for multilevel ACDF, adjacent segment disease,...
Vertebral Columns Winter 2025 Issue In this issue, Kern Singh and coauthors focus on vitamin D–a critical nutrient for bone health. Additional topics include second victim syndrome, prevention of postoperative pain, the role of mental health in patient outcomes, the efficacy of bone growth simulators, adjacent segment disease, lumbar disc replacement, intraoperative neuromonitoring, and...
Vertebral Columns Fall 2024 Issue This latest installment of Vertebral Columns features a perspective on spine surgeons’ use of TikTok as a way to engage with and teach patients; however, care must be taken to avoid some pitfalls of having a highly visible social media presence. Other articles in this issue cover topics ranging from...
Vertebral Columns Summer 2024 Issue In this issue of Vertebral Columns, Kern Singh, MD, and his team highlight the use of endoscopic approaches to thoracic spinal pathologies. Other topics include zero profile anterior cervical cages, iliac crest autografts, acute spinal cord injury, Tarlov cysts, return to golf, AI, and...