Author: Carly Behm

Sports medicine surgeon Michael Stuart, MD, is retiring from Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic after 35 years, the Post Bulletin reported Jan. 1.

The global spinal fusion device market is expected to reach $9.9 billion by 2030, according to a report from Renub Research.

Becker's reported on three spine surgeon moves in December.

Life Spine settled its litigation agianst Aegis Spine and secured a court order permanently prohibiting marketing or sales of AccelFix-XT devices in the U.S., according to a Dec. 21 news release.

Spine and orthopedic experts this year spoke with Becker's Spine Review about topics from Ozempic to outpatient migration.

Scott Luhmann, MD, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, completed the first pediatric deformity case with the VisAR augmented reality system.

Philip Louie, MD, of Seattle-based Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, was named co-program chair of the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, according to a Dec. 20 LinkedIn post. 

Two spine surgeons share their New Years resolutions for 2024.

This year, Becker's reported on 11 spine and orthopedic surgeons who died this year including founders, leaders and physicians respected by colleagues and patients.

Awake spine surgery has slowly grown since the beginning of 2022. Here are five milestones to know: