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Rupert, Idaho-based Minidoka Memorial Hospital installed Stryker's Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Technology, the Times-News reports.

St. Louis-based Esquire Orthopedic Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine was destroyed by a fire that erupted in the early morning of Jan. 20, local outlet Fox 2 News reported.

Life Spine reported "significant growth" in 2019, with record revenues driven by high demand for micro-invasive technologies, the company announced Jan. 17.

Birmingham, Ala.-based Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center added nonsurgical spine physician Charles Carnel, MD, to its practice.

Orthopedic implant company LimaCorporate is opening two facilities dedicated to 3D printing, according to 3D Printing Media Network.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health invested several million dollars to equip two of its hospitals with spine surgery robots, YakTriNews.com reports.

Artificial intelligence could help improve the efficiencies and outcomes of spine surgery while reversing the field's ''unsustainable" trajectory of rising costs in the U.S., according to a paper published Jan. 6 in the Global Spine Journal.

Wright Medical stockholder John Thompson is suing the company to halt its proposed $4 billion acquisition by Stryker, according to a proposed class action filed Jan. 15 in Delaware federal court.

Central Maine Orthopaedics found that an employee's email was hacked in November 2019, potentially exposing some patient information.

Antoine Tohmeh, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare, is pioneering three-level lateral fusions using the prone transpsoas surgery method, according to the Spokane Journal of Business.