Author: Alan Condon

A tiger at Brookfield (Ill.) Zoo is recovering from its second hip surgery in four days, both performed by James Cook, MD, director of the University of Missouri Health Care's Mizzou BioJoint Center in Columbia, The Chicago Tribune reports.

Workers are expected to break ground this month on a $35 million orthopedic spine hospital in Bossier City, La., ABC affiliate KTBS reports.

Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion procedures using Carevature Medical's Dreal technology to prepare intervertebral endplates have led to shorter surgery times and cost savings of $2,000 per procedure, according to an article published in PharmacoEconomics.

DePuy Synthes, part of Johnson & Johnson Medical Device Companies, has partnered with Expanding Innovations to distribute the X-Pac expandable cage in the U.S.

MidMichigan Medical Center-Midland's Mark Goethe, MD, has completed the hospital's first robotic-assisted knee replacement with Smith+Nephew's Cori surgical system, local news radio station WSGW reports.

Imperium Surgical Partners and healthcare consultant MedWell Solutions have launched Bodi, a spinal implant and credentialing system.

Spine device company Alphatec has relocated to a 120,000-square-foot headquarters in Carlsbad, Calif.

Healthcare technology company Royal Philips has introduced its ClarifEye augmented reality system for minimally invasive spine surgery.

Spine surgeon David Holte, MD, has stepped down as president of the board of directors of Twin Cities Orthopedics after 19 years in the role, according to a Feb. 1 news release.

Hospital for Special Surgery celebrated one year since opening its 60,000-square-foot facility in West Palm Beach in January 2020.