Author: Alan Condon

Spine devicemaker Globus Medical posted a 68.6 percent year-over-year increase in global sales to $251 million in the second quarter, continuing its growth from the first quarter.

Cincinnati-based Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine has opened a clinic in Crestview Hills, Ky., the practice's 15th location, The River City News reports.

After more than 50 years practicing as an orthopedic surgeon, an endowed chair has been established at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge to honor David Drez Jr., MD, the American Press reported Aug, 3.

In 2010, after an X-ray revealed that rock climber Kyra Condie had an S-shaped curve in her spine, she consulted with three surgeons before opting to undergo surgery by John Lonstein, MD, according to USA Today.

Spine devicemaker Alphatec posted $62.2 million in second-quarter revenue but saw a loss of $38.2 million compared to the same period of 2020.

In the next decade, spine surgeons will move further toward a multidisciplinary approach to care, with robotics becoming the standard of care for instrumentation placement, fewer fusions being performed and more total disc replacements.

Spinal implant manufacturer SeaSpine posted $47.5 million in second quarter revenue, a 66 percent increase year over year.

Ehsan Jazini, MD, and Christopher Good, MD, used patient-specific spinal rods and an artificial intelligence-derived preoperative surgical plan to operate on a 17-year-old scoliosis patient in Virginia.

Safety measures, protocols and advanced technology make it possible for more spine procedures to be performed at ASCs, outside of the traditional hospital setting. While outpatient migration is widely touted by surgeons as a positive trend, it is not without…

From an artificial disc replacement lawsuit revived against a commercial payer to a spine device that was allegedly wrongfully denied coverage, here are three insurers involved in spine-related court cases: