Becker’s Spine Review

Total joint replacement has become one of the clearest growth engines in ambulatory surgery. Medicare is clearing the last regulatory barriers, facility rates for joints are rising and the largest ASC operators report double-digit joint growth. Surgeon pay cuts, a…

Bone quality used to be the problem orthopedic and spine surgeons dealt with after the hardware failed. In 2026, it moved to the front of the line. Surgeons are ordering bone-density scans before they book the operating room. They also…

Memphis, Tenn.-based Campbell Clinic named Frederick M. Azar, MD, head team physician for University of Memphis Tigers Athletics. Dr. Azar succeeds Campbell Clinic’s Barry Phillips, MD, who served the university and its student-athletes for the past 39 years, according to…

The American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery has selected Gregory Guyton, MD, as president for its 2026-2027 term, along with four other officers and three board members. Dr. Guyton serves as director of the foot and ankle division at MedStar Union…

Theodore Koreckij, MD, has reached a familiar crossroads for successful spine surgeons: His practice has more room to grow, but his schedule does not. “I’m sort of capped out,” Dr. Koreckij, an orthopedic spine surgeon at Leawood, Kan.-based Kansas City…

A broken hip is rarely just a broken hip. For older patients, it can signal a broader decline in health, with complications that become more dangerous the longer surgery is delayed. Yet for decades, hospitals routinely kept these patients waiting…

The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery is calling for updated insurance coverage policies to reflect advances in spinal fusion bone graft technologies while preserving surgeons’ authority to select graft materials. The society’s 2026 bone graft policy update…

Austin, Texas-based Phantom Neuro has implanted its Phantom X neural interface in the first human participants of its CYBORG early feasibility study. This is the first time the device has been used in people. Michael Lo, MD, a plastic and…