From a Massachusetts hospital settling a whistleblower suit relating to overlapping surgeries to a spine device company accused of stealing a rival company's sales team and customers, here are the latest orthopedic lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
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The first female neurosurgeon at her practice and nine more spine surgeons to know:
Regenerative medicine, patient-specific implants and artificial intelligence continue to gather momentum in the spine field, but robotics and augmented reality are the technologies surgeons expect to become more prominent in the next five years.
Orthopedic devicemaker Conformis has suspended all distribution and business operations in Russia.
SurgGenTec's Ion implant received FDA clearance, the devicemaker said March 1.
Spine and orthopedic experts and leaders spoke with Becker's Spine Review on key topics in February from social media practices to the payer landscape.
Spine Care Technologies hired Jonathan Meehan as vice president and head of sales.
Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke's University Health Network added Medtronic's Mazor X robotic system for minimally invasive spine surgery.
Miami Valley South Hospital in Centerville, Ohio, has begun offering robotic-assisted surgery using the Stryker Mako robot.
Augmented reality in spine surgery is taking off, and its growth could be exponential in the near future. With more and more places adopting the technology, many surgeons have a positive outlook for the technology.