Here are five devices that were launched in November:

Three spine surgeons share key investment areas for practices that may have limited spending power due to the current economic climate.

From a spree of medical device company acquisitions to the expansion of its Mazor X robot and a new CEO, here are five key notes on Medtronic this year:

Capital market company KICVentures Group has completed the acquisition of NanoFuse Biologics.

A study by Inspired Spine shows effectiveness in treating lumbar spinal stenosis through the Trans-Kambin Oblique Lateral Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion without laminectomy, according to a Dec. 22 news release.

Watertown, N.Y.-based Samaritan Medical Center plans to open an orthopedic specialty practice in 2021, according to a Dec. 22 news release.

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

Neurosurgeon Burak Ozgur, MD, has been honored for a philanthropic gesture that sent a 10-year-old child diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia to a Disney resort in Hawaii.

Elective surgeries such as hip and knee replacements have been paused at Mayo Clinic hospitals across western Wisconsin as healthcare workers address an influx of COVID-19 patients in the region, local news outlet WXOW reports.

A private hospital in India treated a 92-year-old woman with endoscopic spine surgery, according to a Dec. 21 report from Tribune India.

Becker's Spine Review reported on 13 new spine centers that opened or were announced in 2020. Here is a state-by-state breakdown:

Since the beginning of the year, Becker's has reported on one orthopedic practice and two spine hospital closures, with another orthopedic hospital that could soon close to make way for a new facility:

Recent studies in The Spine Journal and The Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine highlighted the advantages of single-position approaches to spinal fusion compared to the traditional open method.

Kentrell Brown, MD, spine surgeon and founder of Kentrell Brown Orthopedics, opened a second location in Atlanta.

Thirteen spine centers that were opened or announced this year, beginning with the most recent:

Neal ElAttrache, MD, stayed active this year as sports teams grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic doing several operations in 2020.

The average salary for orthopedic surgeons in 2019 was $428,813, according to the "2020 Physician and Advanced Practice Salary Report" by LocumTenens.com.

Longmont, Colo.-based Front Range Orthopedics & Spine and Fort Collins, Colo.-based ​​Orthopaedic & Spine Center of the Rockies entered into a definitive merger agreement that will combine the practices Jan 1.

OrthoCincy Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine opened its ninth location in Kenwood, Ohio, local news outlet WKRC reported Dec. 17.

Nicholas Grosso, MD, president of The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics in Bethesda, Md., spoke to Becker's about how CMS' physician fee and reimbursement cuts will affect orthopedic surgeons and how orthopedic care delivery will change in the coming years.