Today's Top 20 Stories

  1. 11 places adding the BEAR implant since 2023

    Carly Behm -
    Since the start of 2023, several practices and health systems have added the Bridge-Enhanced ACL restoration procedure, which uses a patient's blood to help heal the injury.

  2. Orthopedic devices earning FDA approval in 90 days

    Cameron Cortigiano -
    Here are six orthopedic devices and technologies that have received FDA clearance since July 23, as reported by Becker's. 

  3. Meet the physicians who provide care for the 10 highest-paid NBA players

    Claire Wallace -
    LeBron James, forward for the Los Angeles Lakers, has been named the highest-paid NBA player of 2024, with a $128.7 million contract, according to an Oct. 21 report from Forbes.

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  1. The physicians providing care at the 2024 World Series

    Claire Wallace -
    The New York Yankees will face off against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2024 World Series, with the first game scheduled to begin in New York City Oct. 25. 

  2. Aptiva Health opens orthopedic center

    Claire Wallace -
    Louisville, Ky.-based Aptiva Health has held a ribbon-cutting for its new orthopedic site in Elizabethtown, Ky., according to an Oct. 19 article submitted to The News-Enterprise.

  3. Who provides care for 2024's WNBA champions

    Claire Wallace -
    On Oct. 20, the New York Liberty won their first WNBA championship, beating the Minnesota Lynx 67-62 in overtime, according to an Oct. 21 report from CNBC.

  4. Hospital for Special Surgery names chief of primary sports medicine

    Carly Behm -
    New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery named Daphne Scott, MD, as chief of primary sports medicine.

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  1. IV shortages: 5 notes for spine, orthopedic surgeons

    Carly Behm -
    The U.S. healthcare system is still reeling from a nationwide IV fluid shortage in the wake of Hurricane Helene damaging a Baxter plant in September.

  2. Radiation exposure for OLLIF below safety thresholds, study finds

    Carly Behm -
    Radiation exposure during minimally invasive oblique lateral lumbar interbody fusion with dual C-arm intraoperative imaging met safety standards, according to an Oct. 20 study in Cureus. 

  3. Bone Biologics adds to board of directors

    Carly Behm -
    Bone Biologics appointed Phillip Meikle to its board of directors, according to an Oct. 21 news release.

  4. Bankruptcies, layoffs and closures: The big decisions facing orthopedic leaders

    Ariana Portalatin -
    Orthopedic surgery leaders have been forced to make some difficult decisions amid a tough economic environment and other obstacles facing the healthcare industry. 

  1. AAOS shares 2024 Shoulder & Elbow Registry Annual Report

    Carly Behm -
    The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons registry program shared its Shoulder & Elbow Registry (SER) 2024 Annual Report, which includes data compliled from 36,296 submitted patient procedures.

  2. 2 recent orthopedic data breaches in the South

    Carly Behm -
    Becker's reported on two orthopedic practices suffering data breaches so far in October.

  3. 4 orthopedic artificial intelligence updates

    Carly Behm -
    Here are four key developments in spine and orthopedic artificial intelligence since June.

  4. 6 augmented reality updates from Q3

    Claire Wallace -
    As augmented reality becomes more widely used in the field of spine and orthopedic care, here are six updates from the third quarter of 2024: 

  5. 2 professional athletes find 2nd careers as orthopedic surgeons

    Claire Wallace -
    Orthopedic surgery and sports medicine specialists Michael Stuart, MD, and Bradley Kruckeberg, MD, currently serve as team physicians for Minnesota State University athletic teams, but the two used to have athletic careers of their own, according to an Oct. 18 report from The Free Press.

  6. Northside Hospital Healthcare System opens total joint replacement ASC

    Claire Wallace -
    Lawrenceville, Ga.-based Northside Hospital Healthcare System has opened a new total joint surgery center in Canton, Ga., according to an Oct. 18 report from the Cherokee Tribune & Ledger-News. 

  7. 3 updates in spine legal cases

    Carly Behm -
    Becker's reported on three ongoing legal cases involving spine surgeons and spine companies in the last week.

  8. Spine payer challenges on the horizon

    Carly Behm -
    Payers and CMS have been  pain points for spine surgeons in 2024 and some physicians are thinking about the year ahead.

  9. OssDsign's spinal fusion bone graft reaches 5,000 US patients

    Carly Behm -
    OssDsign's Catalyst nanosynthetic bone graft was used in its 5,000th U.S. patient, the medtech company said May 30.

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