Neurosurgeon Sharad Rajpal, MD, completed Louisville, Colo.-based Centura-Avista Adventist Hospital's first spinal fusion involving Midas Rex high-speed drills with Medtronic's Mazor robot., Colorado Hometown Weekly reported Feb. 23.
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A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Connecticut Orthopaedic Institute at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport will be held Feb. 24, four years after sister hospital MidState Medical Center in Meriden debuted the institute's first location.
Jax Spine & Pain Centers in Jacksonville, Fla., has enrolled the first patient in the Upgrade Study, which will examine long-term, real-world outcomes to understand the effect of Medtronic's Differential Target Multiplexed programming for spinal cord stimulation patients.
Orthopedic traumatologist and total joint surgeon Craig Greene, MD, on Feb. 22 was appointed chief of staff at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, La., The Advocate reports.
Kennewick, Wash.-based Trios Health opened a new clinic focused on spine and interventional pain care.
St. Augustine, Fla.-based Flagler Health+ opened its Flagler Health+ Village in Nocatee, Fla., the Jacksonville Daily Record reported Feb. 22.
Medtronic saw sales growth in its Mazor robotics, O-arm imaging and Midas-Rex devices, but an overall decrease in its cranial and spinal technologies revenue during the third quarter.