At Oregon Spine Care we are committed to providing exceptional spine care and also being actively involved in spinal research and serving in leadership roles in our national societies.  We believe it is important to continually improve spine care and help create advances in surgical technology.

Here are some of the research and educational events that are scheduled for 2017.

Dr. Tatsumi is a spine section moderator at the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons on March 2017.

Dr. Tatsumi will be presenting research on the biomechanics of minimally invasive sacral screw placement at the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery  (ISASS) conference on April 2017.

Dr. Tatsumi will we speaking at the 15th Annual, Orthopedic & Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference & The Future of Spine on June 2017.

Here is a list of prior research articles that are available on the web.

• Lateral Pressure and VAS Pain Score Analysis for the Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion Procedure
• Radiation exposure during the lateral lumbar interbody fusion procedure and techniques to reduce radiation dosage
• Cost utility analysis of pedicle screws compared with spinous process fixation for posterior lumbar instrumented fusion for single level degenerative spondylolisthesis
• Modern Medicine: Vertebral compression fractures