Kim Ashayeri, MD, has spent years learning how to make spine surgery more precise. Now, some of her most important work involves convincing surgeons with decades more experience than she has to rethink how they operate. Dr. Ashayeri, a neurosurgeon…
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For patients with deteriorating joints, the traditional advice has often been to manage the pain until it becomes unbearable enough to justify replacement. But what if waiting is part of the problem? Marisa Seegobin, MD, a sports medicine surgeon at…
Los Angeles-based Keck Medicine of University of Southern California has launched a clinical trial evaluating the safety of an experimental injection and its potential to prevent cartilage deterioration in patients with knee osteoarthritis. The treatment, CX-011, is administered as a…
Zimmer Biomet has extended its limited exclusive distribution and supply agreement with THINK Surgical, allowing Zimmer Biomet to continue offering THINK’s handheld robotic system for knee replacement procedures. Under the multiyear extension, Zimmer Biomet will continue distributing an exclusive version…
Spine surgeons can now operate on patients they once had little choice but to turn away. Whether hospitals and practices can afford to deliver that care is becoming a more difficult question. Keven Burns, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon at…
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The world’s shoulder and elbow surgeons have more in common than they might think. And William Levine, MD, believes that realization could change how the specialty operates. At the 16th International Congress of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery in Vancouver in…
Health and care platform Transcarent has partnered with OrthoForum Value Network to expand access to orthopedic care through more than 160 independent practices across 47 states. The partnership connects Transcarent members with a network representing more than 12,000 clinicians, offering…
Endoscopic spine surgery is gaining traction, but surgeons remain divided on whether its benefits justify the added cost, operating time and learning curve. Some point to faster recovery and less tissue disruption as reasons to adopt the technique, while others…
Spine device maker Orthofix Medical has paid about $24 million to three former executives following legal disputes over their 2023 terminations, according to an Oct. 12 CFO Dive report. The payments stem from breach of contract claims filed by former…
Providence Medical Technology has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its CORUS Posterior Cervical Stabilization System 3D-T, a 3D-printed titanium implant designed to support posterior cervical fusion. The device is indicated to stabilize spinal segments in patients with cervical degenerative disc…