Author: Carly Behm

An indoor sports complex under construction in New Berlin, Wis., will bear Pewaukee-based Orthopaedic Associates of Wisconsin's name, according to a Feb. 3 report from BizTimes Milwaukee.

Researchers found laminectomies were a more cost-effective treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis compared to inserting Medtronic's X-Stop interspinous distractor device, according to a study published Feb. 2 in Journal of Neurosurgery.

Larry Todd Jr., DO, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at New Albany, Ohio-based OrthoNeuro.

Neel Anand, MD, performed the first spine surgery with TheraCell's new TheraCell DB Fiber Wrap, according to a Feb. 2 news release.

Medtronic and Stryker were named on Fortune's "2021 World's Most Admired Companies" list.

Des Plaines-based Illinois Bone and Joint Institute opened an immediate care clinic in Chicago's Norwood Park neighborhood, according to a Feb. 1 news release.

Here are 17 orthopedic surgeons who joined new practices in January:

Here are the top-read articles from Becker's Spine Review during the week of Jan. 25-29:

From surgeons sounding off on payer issues to a surgeon who moved his practice, here are six spine surgeons making headlines over the past week:

A custom hip implant given to an Amur tiger from the Brookfield (Ill.) Zoo dislodged the night after surgery, according to a Jan. 28 report from The Chicago Sun-Times.