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Is there a tangible difference between practice patterns of spine surgeons trained via ortho vs nsurg routes?
At my institution, it seems that ortho does slightly more degenerative spine and deformity, while neuro does more oncology. But even this distinction might be a stretch.
Is there a bias in the spine community for one training route over the other? Seems like the big names come from both fields, but ortho trained surgeons might have more influence overall in the literature (rush, jeff, washU, etc...). Clearly, neurosurgery residency provides more experience than ortho, but I always got the impression that neurosurgeons generally don't love spine but will "settle" for a spine practice for a better lifestyle. What say you, neurosurgeons?
At my institution, it seems that ortho does slightly more degenerative spine and deformity, while neuro does more oncology. But even this distinction might be a stretch.
Is there a bias in the spine community for one training route over the other? Seems like the big names come from both fields, but ortho trained surgeons might have more influence overall in the literature (rush, jeff, washU, etc...). Clearly, neurosurgery residency provides more experience than ortho, but I always got the impression that neurosurgeons generally don't love spine but will "settle" for a spine practice for a better lifestyle. What say you, neurosurgeons?