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Many healthcare plans today drive patients toward select "in-network" physicians, with less choice for patients unless they purchase expensive insurance. However, there is still a large group of people who want to make their own decisions and will be willing…

Orthopedic surgeons have become more specialized over the past 14 years. The below chart details how specialized they have become, according to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons.      For the original story on Becker’s Spine Review, click here.

Here are 10 hospitals updating their spine and neurosurgery services and centers at the end of 2014.

The University Orthopedics Center of State College partnered with Penn Highlands Healthcare, according to a Gant Team in Health News report.

Michael J. Schlosser, MD, was named chief medical officer for HealthTrust.

Despite challenging times in healthcare, the medtech market growth is expected to continue at a 4.4 percent compound annual growth rate through 2018 with a sales value of $384 billion worldwide next year, according to a Plastics Today report.

Robert Anderson, MD, performed ankle surgery on Milwaukee Bucks rookie forward Damien Inglis, according to a Fox Sports report.

Here are 12 orthopedic surgeons who have treated or will soon treat professional athletes.

Maywood, Ill.-based Loyola University Medical Center launched the first clinical trial in the United States of a minimally invasive treatment designed to help relieve pain and heal spinal fractures in metastatic cancer patients.

The global surgical imaging market is expected to grow over the next five years, according to a Research and Markets report.