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The global biomaterials market is predicted to reach more than $173 billion by 2022, growing at a 16 percent compound annual growth rate, according to a Market Research Engine report.

Spinal cord injury nonprofit SLICE took a trip to Springfield, Mo., to hear stories from community members who are suffering due to the lack of caregivers, according to Ozarks First.

Zimmer Biomet partnered with construction solutions company Profica, according to Engineering News.

It is estimated that 15 percent of joint replacements will fail, which can require revision surgeries.

Washington Regional Medical Center's Northwest Arkansas Neuroscience Institute in Fayetteville introduced two neurosurgeons to its team, according to Arkansas Business.

Since Bethesda, Md.-based The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics launched in 2014, the practice has grown revenue by 75 percent and seen a 40 percent increase in physicians.

Here are the four of the biggest spine and orthopedic infection control stories in 2018.

Alfred O. Ogden, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon at New York City-based Columbia University Medical Center.

Orthopedic surgeons are more likely to encounter perioperative bleeding, requiring transfusion, during posterior cervical decompression and fusion than neurosurgeons, according to a study in Spine.

Lewes-based Orthopaedic Associates of Southern Delaware welcomed Joseph Farrell, DO, the Cape Gazette reports.