Author: Sophie Eydis

A new expert position statement reframes complications after joint replacement and spinal fusion as a single outcome, implant fixation failure, and recommends routine bone health optimization before orthopedic procedures. The statement, published June 18 in Osteoporosis International, comes from the…

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC School of Medicine has named Daniel Prevedello, MD, chair of its department of neurosurgery. He will begin the role in October. Dr. Prevedello joins UNC from The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, where he…

A microscope can make an operation more intricate. It does not necessarily make the hospital more necessary. Vanessa Gabrovsky Cuéllar, MD, an orthopedic hand and wrist surgeon and physician partner at DISC Surgery Center at Palm Beach (Fla.), performs delicate…

The first surgical robots were enormous, expensive and impractical. They belonged to a period when computers still felt like specialized machinery: powerful, promising and largely inaccessible outside institutions with the money, staff and patience to operate them. Ugo Ihekweazu, MD,…

CMS has proposed cutting payment for some of the most common spine procedures performed in ASCs. Four spine surgeons discuss how the cuts, if finalized, would reshape their site-of-service decisions. Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed…

Trellis Bioscience, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, closed a $9 million Series C financing round to support completion of its phase 2 trial of calpurbatug, an investigational monoclonal antibody therapy for chronic prosthetic joint infections. The financing included participation from existing…

Joseph Mathews knew how the system worked. He runs an orthopedic practice. He understood Medicare Advantage, referrals and prior authorization. When his mother broke her hand, he knew which calls to make and how to push for care. She still…

The FDA has classified a recall of spinal anesthesia kits from B. Braun Medical as Class I, the agency’s most serious designation, according to a July 17 Citeline report. The recalled kits contain bupivacaine hydrochloride in dextrose injection, a prescription…

When Daniel Riew, MD, began implanting artificial cervical discs in 2002, surgeons were waiting for answers to three questions. Would the operation work as well as fusion? Would the implant last? And could preserving motion prevent the levels above and…

An operation can go exactly as planned and still become a bad surgical episode. The patient leaves the hospital, then falls at home. Pain or swelling sends them to the emergency department. A rehabilitation stay stretches longer than expected. A…