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Northwestern University researchers are studying physical activity of patients after spine surgery using Fitbit activity trackers, according to a MobiHealthNews report. The information could help surgeons monitor recovery time in the future.

James Andrews, MD, founder of the Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., performed knee surgery on Philadelphia 76ers guard Tony Wroten, according to an SB Nation report.

NuVasive COO Patrick Miles sold shares of the company's stock yesterday, according to a Mideast Times report.

MiMedx voluntarily withdrew the tortuous interference lawsuit against Organogenesis without prejudice. 

Patients with high pain sensitivity may report worse outcomes after lumbar spine surgery, according to a study published in Spine.

Orthopedic surgeon Selina Silva, MD, and pediatric general surgeon Cynthia Reyes, MD, of the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in Albuquerque, have launched a local chapter of the Association of Women Surgeons, according to an Albuquerque Business First…

The Food and Drug Administration cleared 27 and spine-devices in January.

Researchers from the Population Health Research Institute at Hamilton Health Sciences in Ontario, Canada are crowdfunding to help finance a study on hip fractures, according to a report by The Hamilton Spectator.

OMeGA Medical Grants Association named Alexander Ghanayem, MD, president.

Cincinnati-based The Mayfield Clinic, an academic neurosurgery group, is planning a new 45,000-square-foot headquarters in Norwood, Ohio, which will consolidate four Mayfield office sites into one convenient location.