Here are four orthopedic surgeons making headlines over the past week:
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Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute became the first West Coast hospital to use Medtronic's Mazor X Stealth Edition robotic platform.
By 2027, the worldwide spinal fusion devices market is projected to reach $8.9 billion, according to Emergen Research.
John Rhee, MD, is a spine surgeon at Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare.
Grafton, N.D.-based Unity Medical Center opened a $20 million expansion that bolstered orthopedics, among other specialty services, the Grand Forks Herald reports.
The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics in Bethesda, Md., is installing a Surgimate Practice platform to facilitate surgical scheduling across its 28 divisions in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
Full-year 2020 revenue for SeaSpine declined 3 percent year over year to $154.3 million, according to the company's March 1 earnings report.
Here's how Medtronic, Stryker and Johnson & Johnson's shares have fluctuated over the last five days.
When cost-sharing is waived for patients using bundled payment programs for spinal fusion and total joint replacement, surgery costs can decrease by an average of $4,229, or 10.7 percent, according to a study by nonprofit organization Rand Corp.
There is a growing consensus that lumbar total disc replacement is a viable option for the treatment of lumbar degenerative disc disease, according to a study published in The Spine Journal.