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NuVasive, a spine technology company, added Siddhartha Kadia, PhD, to its board of directors effective Feb. 1.

Centre County, Pa.-based Backcountry Spine & Sports held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate its first anniversary, local CBS affiliate WTAJ reported.

Stryker's spine business was steadier in 2020 than other lines during the pandemic.

A 10-year-old Amur tiger at Brookfield (Ill.) Zoo underwent a hip replacement surgery at the zoo Jan. 27, News BHT reported Jan. 28.

Stryker's 2020 net sales dropped 3.6 percent, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion is more cost effective than the open procedure, according to a study published in The Spine Journal on Jan. 22.

Private equity firm Trivest Partners invested in Lexington, Ky.-based Bluegrass Orthopaedics, creating a nationally focused orthopedic management services organization.

Here's how Medtronic, Stryker and Johnson & Johnson's shares have fluctuated over the last five days.

Johnson & Johnson's orthopedics sales dropped 12.2 percent year over year in 2020 to $7.7 billion. Sales declined 10.2 percent in the U.S. and 15.2 percent worldwide.

The orthopedic implant market has growth in store and is expected to hit $8.97 billion by 2025, according to a January report from Fior Markets.