Author: Alan Condon

Here are five spine surgeons making headlines this week:

Construction of the $250 million spine and orthopedic tower at Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital stopped May 27 after a worker tested positive for COVID-19, WHNT reports.

Minimally invasive spine therapy company SpineOvations reported favorable results at the midpoint of its DiscSeal clinical trial.

The first surgeries using Life Spine's Dyna-Link Ti anterior lumbar interbody fusion spacer have been successfully completed, the Huntley, Ill.-based company said May 28.

Restore Orthopedics & Spine Center in Orange, Calif., recently implemented EOS imaging, a low-dose X-ray system developed for spine and orthopedics.

Providence, R.I.-based University Orthopedics welcomed Alan Daniels, MD, as chief of its spine surgery division May 28.

Muncie-based Central Indiana Orthopedics will open a center in Fishers, Ind., June 1, You Are Current reports.

The FDA on May 28 issued 510(k) clearance for Nexxt Spine's anterior lumbar interbody fusion and lateral implants.

Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute on May 28 partnered with Radix Health to provide self-scheduling technology for patients, EIN News reports.

Neenah, Wis.-based Neuroscience Group recently performed its first robotic spine surgery with Medtronic's Mazor X system, Waushara Argus reports.