Author: Alan Condon

Assure Holdings has acquired Sentry Neuromonitoring, a large intraoperative intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring practice in Houston.

Albuquerque, N.M.-based Lovelace Medical Center and Westside Hospital have acquired a robot for hip and knee replacements, and surgeons are loving it, according to local news outlet KOB4.

The FDA has granted breakthrough device designation for Cerapedics' P-15L bone graft for the treatment of degenerative disc disease.

The first procedure with Medacta's M.U.S.T. LT system was recently performed by Stephen Tolhurst, MD, at Texas Back Institute in Plano.

The Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation has awarded spine fellowships to 17 institutions for the 2021-22 academic year.

CMS has proposed extending new technology add-on payments for technologies that would otherwise be discontinued in fiscal year 2022.

Reno-based Spine Nevada has entered into a new partnership to develop a musculoskeletal platform in the state.

Smith+Nephew posted $1.3 billion in first-quarter revenue, an 11.5 percent year over-year-increase, with significant growth in hip sales.

Consolidation continues in orthopedics, with two more mergers involving orthopedic practices announced in April:

The Joint Commission has awarded Marcus Neuroscience Institute at Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital with its Gold Seal of Approval for spine surgery, The Boca Raton Tribune reported April 29.