Author: Carly Behm

Hospital for Special Surgery at NCH in Naples, Fla. named Justin Blohm as vice president of the musculoskeletal service line.

Zachary NaPier, MD, joined Indiana Spine Group, the Carmel-based practice said in an Oct. 12 Facebook post. 

Puya Alikhani, MD, is chief of spine surgery at the University of South Florida in Tampa. 

Ten spine surgeons shared the opportunities they see to grow revenue at their practices amid economic headwinds.

Orthofix earned FDA 510(k) clearance for its OsteoCove advance bioactive synthetic graft, the company said Oct. 12.

Stryker's Q Guidance spine navigation system surpassed 2,400 surgical cases, the company said Oct. 12.

Sigurd Berven, MD, was added to NovApproach Spine's board of managers, the medtech company said Oct. 12.

Orthopedic devicemaker Exactech is facing hundreds of lawsuits filed on behalf of 1,100 patients who say they received faulty joint implants, KFF Health News reported Oct. 10.

Three female physicians are suing Los Angeles County and alleging that Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, Calif., ignored multiple complaints against the hospital's former orthopedic department head, NBC News reported Oct. 11.

Arthrex launched Arthrex Endoscopic Spine, the devicemaker said in an Oct. 9 Instagram post.