Advances in minimally invasive spine surgery, neuro-oncology, cerebrovascular care, neuromodulation and AI are reshaping neurosurgery. Across the country, a new generation of neurosurgeons is driving those advances by developing new surgical approaches, expanding access to complex care and advancing clinical…
Sophie Eydis
The next spine practice to sell may not be the weakest independent group. It may be the one a buyer can scale fastest. Health systems and physician-led pain and spine platforms have both acquired independent practices in 2026. Recent transactions…
A San Antonio nurse has sued orthopedic surgeon David Fox, MD, and San Antonio-based Baptist Health System after a Texas Medical Board disciplinary action stemming from an operating room dispute, according to a July 29 report by the San Antonio…
Smith+Nephew has received FDA de novo classification for its TESSA spatial surgery system, an AI-enabled navigation platform designed to assist surgeons during arthroscopic procedures. The system combines preoperative MRI or CT imaging with cloud-based AI to create patient-specific 3D anatomical…
Six days after undergoing another lumbar operation, Todd Lanman, MD, a spinal neurosurgeon at Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Lanman Spinal Neurosurgery, was already thinking beyond recovery. Not simply about when the soreness would subside, but about the question he increasingly asks…
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Advances in robotics, minimally invasive procedures, sports medicine, joint preservation and fracture care are reshaping orthopedic surgery. Across the country, a new generation of orthopedic surgeons is driving those advances by improving patient outcomes, advancing clinical research and training the…
The biggest forces reshaping spine aren’t happening only in the operating room. They’re unfolding in Medicare payment rules, outpatient migration, prior authorization and outcomes data. These 10 figures, drawn from Becker’s reporting, explain where the specialty is currently heading in…
Health systems and physician-led pain and spine platforms are both acquiring independent spine practices in 2026, and the pace picked up in July. Financial terms were not disclosed in any of the practice transactions below. Here are six deals and…
Alphatec Spine, a spinal device company, is the sole remaining defendant in a product liability lawsuit alleging one of its pedicle screws fractured during a November 2023 spinal fusion at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, leaving broken hardware inside…
A few years ago, Omar Rahman, MD, rarely heard the word “peptide” in an orthopedic exam room. Now patients arrive asking about BPC-157, TB-500 and growth-hormone-related compounds after hearing about them from friends, podcasts, Reddit threads or social media. They…