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San Diego-based DJO Global released its second quarter results and posted a net loss of $20.6 million, 3.6 percent more than the nearly $20 million loss reported during the same period last year.

Keith Raskin, MD, performed wrist surgery on New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira to repair a tendon sheath injury, according to a Yahoo Sports report.

The American College of Sports Medicine, along with five other professional organizations, released a statement on the necessity of the team physician to providing treatment for athletes.

The Wall Street Journal reported today about federal and state investigations into an extensive network of physician-owned distributors. See Surgeons Eyed Over Deals with Medical Device Makers, WSJ July 26, 2013.

Ziya Gokaslan, MD, is the neurosurgical spine center and vice-chairman of neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He is a member of Cervical Spine Research Society, American Society of Clinical Oncology and America Association of Neurological Surgeons. He has…

Sixty-six percent of physicians believe that physicians and hospitals will become more integrated in the next one to three years, according to Deloitte's 2013 Survey of U.S. Physicians.

Getting funding for conducting studies on surgeries so as to gather evidence regarding medical treatments is a challenge, according to a report by The Inquirer.

Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, is planning a $321 million brain and spine center, according to a report by The Columbus Dispatch.  

Hyun Bae, MD, co-director of the spine fellowship program at Cedars-Sinai Spine Center in Los Angeles, gives eight predictions on how spine surgeons will interact with device companies and impact innovation in the future.

Carlsbad, Calif.-based Aurora Spine received European CE Mark for its ZIP MIS Interspinous Fusion System.