Daniel Lieberman, MD, medical director at Phoenix Spine & Joint, spoke to Becker's Spine Review about outpatient migration, how hospitals will compete in orthopedics post-pandemic and the future of spine surgery at ASCs.

Here's how Medtronic, Stryker and Johnson & Johnson's shares have fluctuated over the last five days.

Lyle Cain, MD, team orthopedic surgeon at the University of Alabama Athletics, has been named SEC Team Physician of the Year, according to Rolltide.com.

From a Las Vegas surgeon-inventor honored for his innovations to another commended for his work treating college football players, here are the latest orthopedic specialists making headlines:

Whether it's for procedural expertise, humanitarian reasons or medical tourism, three spine surgeons discuss countries outside the U.S. they would consider practicing in and why.

Medtronic's worldwide revenues were down slightly in the second quarter ended Oct. 30, totaling just under $7.65 billion.

Here are the 10 most-read articles on Becker's Spine Review from Nov. 20-24:

Here are two spine surgeons making headlines recently:

It's been a strong year for Des Plaines-based Illinois Bone and Joint Institute. The company went on a merger spree with five deals with Northwest Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Chicago, Hinsdale (Ill.) Orthopaedic Associates, Bradley, Ill.-based Oak Orthopedics, Park Ridge, Ill.-based Orthopaedic Surgery Specialists, and Chicago Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine.

Here are 10 things to know about Des Plaines-based Illinois Bone and Joint Institute in 2020.

Newnan-based Georgia Bone and Joint has implemented Stryker's Mako SmartRobotics for joint replacement procedures, The Newnan Times-Herald reported Nov. 23.

From the use of regenerative medicine products to new ways of looking at inflammation, the most contentious issues in the field of sports medicine are discussed by five specialists. 

From the medical director of a new Texas practice to the chief of an orthopedics initiative at a Florida hospital, here are the latest surgeons on the move:

The Orlin & Cohen Orthopedic Group in Merrick, N.Y., has added Brian Mercer, MD, to its spine surgical staff, according to a Nov. 23 news release.

The global medical robots market is projected to reach $12.7 billion by 2025, up from about $5.9 billion in 2020, according to research from Markets and Markets.

Johnson & Johnson unveiled its general surgical robotics platform, Ottava, on Nov. 19, according to Mass Device.

Single-position anterior–posterior lumbar fusion surgery has significant advantages over the traditional approach to spinal fusion, New York City-based NYU Langone Health researchers found.

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Medical Device Business Services and private equity firm The Gores Group will pay a combined $11.5 million to settle False Claims Act allegations over a drug-device system, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced Nov. 19.

Spine device company Surgalign Holdings appointed Paul Lewicki, PhD, former president of Holo Surgical, to its board of directors in November.

Robert Bray Jr., MD, performed spine surgery Nov. 20 on Melissa Gilbert, an actress most known for her role on the TV series Little House on the Prairie, according to Page Six.