New York City-based NYU Grossman School of Medicine researchers will lead a seven-year clinical trial examining whether low-dose ketamine can improve pain control after surgery for serious orthopedic injuries. The study has been approved for $19.67 million in funding from…
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Covington, La.-based AVALA Spine opened a clinic in Gretna, La., expanding its services to patients on the West Bank of the Mississippi River. The clinic is hosted inside the Bone and Joint Clinic. Jared Robichaux, MD, a neurosurgeon, began seeing…
The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery is urging CMS to exempt three spine surgery codes from an efficiency adjustment proposed under the CY 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, according to an Aug. 19 letter to CMS Administrator…
For some spine surgeons, questions about Medicare are shifting from how to absorb another payment cut to whether participation still makes financial sense at all. The pressure has been building for years as physician reimbursement falls behind practice costs. Now,…
Surgeons at Houston-based Fondren Orthopedic Group at Texas Orthopedic Hospital performed the first total knee arthroplasty in the U.S. using the Velys Robotic-Assisted Solution with AutoPlan technology. Ugo Ihekweazu, MD, chief of adult hip and knee reconstructive surgery at Fondren…
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Amplio Spine named Nomen Azeem, MD, chief clinical officer and founding chair of its advisory board. Dr. Azeem will direct the company’s clinical strategy and research programs and build its clinical governance structure, according to an Aug. 25 news release.…
OrthoPediatrics launched its 3P Pediatric Plating Platform Hip System nationwide after completing over 350 surgical implantations during a limited launch. The system is now broadly available to pediatric orthopedic surgeons throughout the United States, according to an Aug. 25 news…
Texas Healthcare Fort Worth Bone & Joint Clinic changed its name to Orthopedic Institute of Fort Worth. The Texas practice will continue providing orthopedic care in Fort Worth, Weatherford and nearby communities under the new name, according to an Aug.…
Spine surgery has become remarkably good at measuring what it can see. Surgeons can quantify alignment, study images in extraordinary detail and plan increasingly precise operations. But one of the most consequential questions in spine care remains far less exact:…
For years, Ramin Raiszadeh, MD, watched the same thing happen between operations. The patient left. Environmental services cleaned. Nurses reset the room. Anesthesia prepared the next patient. Surgical technicians readied equipment. Everybody was working. And the operating room still sat…