Author: Staff

Here are nine key notes on spine and orthopedic device companies:

Styker is the latest company to withdraw its first quarter and full-year 2020 financial projections due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a March 31 filing on EDGAR.

Hospitals and health systems across the nation are calling on healthcare providers, including specialists, to care for COVID-19 patients on the front lines.

Cincinnati-based Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine is still open but is making changes after Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine banned elective surgeries in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Cincinnati Business Courier.

Michigan-based neurosurgeon Ratnesh N. Mehra, DO, performed the first neurosurgical procedure on a known COVID-19 positive patient in Detroit.

The Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., is suspending nonurgent and nonemergent procedures to comply with a March 20 order from Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, according to the Boston Globe.

Neal ElAttrache, MD, performed Tommy John surgery on Boston Red Sox ace Chris Sale March 30, The Athletic reports.

O'Fallon, Mo.-based Mercy has adjusted operations and aims to make visits virtual for 95 percent of patients at its Arkansas hospitals and clinics, according to CBS affiliate KFSM-TV.

Smith+Nephew withdrew its full year 2020 guidance due to the COVDI-19 pandemic.

Medtronic and DePuy Synthes representatives told the Times Union Online about measures they've implemented to protect local employees and support healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic.