Neurosurgeon Burak Ozgur, MD, has been honored for a philanthropic gesture that sent a 10-year-old child diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia to a Disney resort in Hawaii.
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Elective surgeries such as hip and knee replacements have been paused at Mayo Clinic hospitals across western Wisconsin as healthcare workers address an influx of COVID-19 patients in the region, local news outlet WXOW reports.
A private hospital in India treated a 92-year-old woman with endoscopic spine surgery, according to a Dec. 21 report from Tribune India.
James Harrop, MD, is a spine surgeon at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.
Becker's Spine Review reported on 13 new spine centers that opened or were announced in 2020. Here is a state-by-state breakdown:
Since the beginning of the year, Becker's has reported on one orthopedic practice and two spine hospital closures, with another orthopedic hospital that could soon close to make way for a new facility:
Recent studies in The Spine Journal and The Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine highlighted the advantages of single-position approaches to spinal fusion compared to the traditional open method.
Kentrell Brown, MD, spine surgeon and founder of Kentrell Brown Orthopedics, opened a second location in Atlanta.
Onkos Surgical launched the Eleos Proximal Tibia with BioGrip technology for complex tumor and orthopedic reconstructive procedures, according to a Dec. 21 news release.
OrthoPediatrics is expanding into the United Kingdom commercial market with the approval and launch of two surgical systems, according to a Dec. 21 news release.