Hickory, N.C.-based Frye Regional Medical Center marked its first robot-assisted minimally invasive spine surgery, WHKY reported Jan. 30.
Author: Carly Behm
The development of spine robots and navigation comes with the promise of improved precision and efficiency, beneficial to the surgeon and patient. Although the worry of overreliance looms, some spine surgeons remain optimistic about the technology's advantages.
Elon Musk's brain chip company, Neuralink, completed the first implant in a human.
Nicholas Grosso, MD, said he hopes the physician-payer relationship can evolve to be more cooperative than adversarial. The mindset is one of the tools that he hopes will strengthen The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics.
Dallas County Hospital in Perry, Iowa added two orthopedic surgeons to its team, according to a Jan. 29 announcement in the Des Moines Register.
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James Andrews, MD, has retired at the age of 81, according to a feature from the MLB.
Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health was sued by the U.S. and the state alleging they hired Jason Dreyer, DO, knowing he was accused of performing medically unnecessary spine surgeries.
Aurora Spine earned a U.S. patent for its translucent Ghost Tube, according to a Jan. 29 news release.
NuVasive is laying off 157 employees at its San Diego headquarters, according to WARN notice data from the state of California.
Steven Murray is CEO of Centinel Spine. Here are four things to know about him: