Editorial Policy

Last updated: July 12, 2026

Purpose

This website explains spine conditions, treatment choices, procedures, and questions patients can bring to a clinical visit. It is general education, not a diagnosis or treatment plan.

Authorship and Clinical Review

A page names an author or clinical reviewer only when that role has been explicitly documented for that page. The absence of a byline means the page should be read as Greenberg Spine website education, not as a personal recommendation or signed medical opinion from Marc Greenberg, MD.

Software tools may assist with drafting, editing, consistency checks, metadata, and quality assurance. They do not independently provide medical care or establish physician authorship. Public copy is checked for identity accuracy, unsupported medical claims, fixed outcome or recovery promises, and unverified operational language before release.

Source and Claim Standards

The source needed depends on the statement:

• Stable anatomy and procedure explanations may be checked against established spine references.
• Changing recommendations, statistics, or comparative claims require current primary literature or authoritative guidance.
• A research summary identifies its named study and separates the study population, findings, and limitations from Greenberg Spine practice outcomes.
• Credential and relationship statements use the issuing institution or another identifiable third-party source when available.
• Practice-specific outcome rates are not published unless they come from a defined, auditable Greenberg Spine dataset.

Not every general statement carries an inline citation. When a page relies on a specific study, guideline, or third-party credential source, it should link to that source or identify it clearly enough to verify.

Medical Framing

Educational pages should:

• Explain that imaging findings must be interpreted with symptoms and examination findings
• Present nonsurgical care, injections, decompression, motion-preserving options, and fusion according to the diagnosis rather than as a sales ladder
• State that technology is a tool and does not determine candidacy or outcome
• Use individualized language for risk, discharge, restrictions, recovery, and return to work
• Route emergency warning signs clearly

Dates and Updates

Publication or update dates are displayed only when the underlying date is known. The site does not claim a universal annual physician-review cycle. Content may be updated when a source changes, an error is found, an operational fact changes, or a release audit identifies wording that is unclear or too strong.

Corrections

Material corrections should replace the inaccurate statement rather than bury it in a disclaimer. This includes wrong credentials, unsupported authorship or review labels, false facility relationships, stale access promises, and medical claims that exceed their source.

Questions or correction requests can be sent through the contact page. Do not include protected medical information in a public website form.

Limits

Website education cannot account for an individual’s history, examination, imaging, health factors, or goals. Do not delay professional evaluation because of something read here. Call 911 or seek urgent medical care for an emergency.