Author: Alan Condon

Motion-preserving devices are one of the most exciting technologies being developed in spine surgery. Cervical disc arthroplasty has taken off in recent years, with long-term data continuing to impress and lumbar artificial disc replacement also gathering momentum.

Abrazo West Campus in Goodyear, Ariz., has performed more than 100 complex spinal fusions with the ExcelsiusGPS robot, which it installed one year ago, AZ Big Media reported Feb. 22.

An orthopedic surgeon and an internal medicine specialist in Tennessee have been charged in federal court with illegally distributing thousands of opioids across the state line, Clarksville Now reported Feb. 22.

About 60 percent of Medtronic's businesses held or won market share in the third quarter of fiscal year 2022, including the company's spine and cranial technologies, CEO Geoff Martha said during a Feb. 22 earnings call, as transcribed by Seeking…

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic's effect on the spine industry, innovation and mergers and acquisitions activity continues to pick up steam among medtech companies in 2022.

Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, are the most expensive cities in the U.S. to undergo total hip replacement surgery, according to Healthcare Bluebook, a patient resource for finding affordable care. 

Ernest Braxton, MD, performed the first awake robot-assisted transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in Colorado, according to a Feb. 20 LinkedIn post.

Deepak Nath, PhD, will replace Roland Diggelmann as CEO of Smith+Nephew, the devicemaker said Feb. 22.

Medtronic saw increases in its worldwide revenue and neuroscience sales during the third quarter of fiscal year 2022, according to financial results posted Feb. 22.

Private equity firm Chicago Pacific Founders and musculoskeletal management company Trias Global have invested in Newport Beach, Calif.-based DISC Sports & Spine Center, which aims to strengthen its brand and expand into new regions.