Author: Staff

The now-defunct Ranier Technology sold spinal implants that allegedly moved and eroded in patients, according to The Guardian.

A study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery took a deeper look into whether overlapping inpatient orthopedic surgeries put patients at a greater risk for complications.

The Medicrea Group completed a $30 million senior notes issue wholly subscribed by Perceptive Advisors, a multi-strategy healthcare investment firm.

The first clinical human case using Viseon's Voyant System for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery was completed.

Christopher Tomaras, MD, scrubbed in to perform Atlanta-based Polaris Spine & Neurosurgery Center's 15th outpatient spine surgery, according to a LinkedIn post.

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health Brain and Spine Surgery opened a new office in Thomasville, N.C., according to The-Dispatch.com.

At Progressive Spine & Orthopaedics in Englewood, N.J., Joshua Rovner, MD, offers patients robotic spinal surgery.

Jens-Peter Witt, MD, PhD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon and the neurosurgery spine director at The Spine Center at University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora.

United Orthopedic Corp. received FDA 510(k) clearance for its vitamin E highly cross-linked polyethylene hip liner.

Gulf Breeze, Fla.-based Andrews Institute ASC, recorded a 100 percent decrease in immediate-use sterilization episodes after implementing a program to eliminate flash sterilization practices, according to Relias Media.