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In the second quarter of 2018, Stryker reported a 10.3 percent increase in net sales to $3.3 billion, as well as a strong quarter for organic sales growth.

The way a Georgia-based spine surgeon and practice interacts with plaintiff lawyers in personal injury cases has come under scrutiny and resulted in a nearly $9,000 fee, according to the Daily Report.

Medtronic agreed to a proposed settlement with an investor that sued the company for allegedly concealing adverse events for the company's rhBMP-2 product Infuse, according to the Star Tribune.

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery is expanding an existing relationship with South Korea-based Bumin Hospital Group to strengthen its quality improvement and infection control programs.

Using robots in the operating room helps surgeons at Cedar Rapids (Iowa) hospitals and Iowa City-based University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics perform procedures that are faster and minimally invasive, The (Iowa) Gazette reported.

Surgeons at Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Medical Center are using 3D printed technology in the operating room, the Daily Hampshire Gazette reported.

Osso VR launched a collaborative training feature to instruct multiple surgeons in one virtual reality space.

John Prunskis, MD, is the medical director of the Elgin-based Illinois Pain Institute and a HHS Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force appointee. He urges the U.S. Senate to pass a bipartisan bill to address the opioid crisis in…

Lew Schon, MD, performed with the Foo Fighters at a July 22 concert in Boston, according to JamBase.com.

Erik Severson, MD, was reappointed to a three-year term on the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' Hip, Knee & Adult Reconstruction Evaluation Committee, MilleLacsMessenger.com reports.