The National Association of Spine Specialists, the advocacy arm of the North American Spine Society, paid tribute to Brian Gantwerker, MD, for his work elevating the voices of spine providers and challenging legislative hurdles within the field.
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In the past month, Becker's has reported on four CEO moves at orthopedic and spine-focused practices and health systems:
Here's how Medtronic, Stryker and Johnson & Johnson's shares have fluctuated over the last five days.
Four spine and orthopedic specialty hospitals broke ground or have been announced in the last four months:
A tiger at Brookfield (Ill.) Zoo is recovering from its second hip surgery in four days, both performed by James Cook, MD, director of the University of Missouri Health Care's Mizzou BioJoint Center in Columbia, The Chicago Tribune reports.
Workers are expected to break ground this month on a $35 million orthopedic spine hospital in Bossier City, La., ABC affiliate KTBS reports.
Researchers found laminectomies were a more cost-effective treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis compared to inserting Medtronic's X-Stop interspinous distractor device, according to a study published Feb. 2 in Journal of Neurosurgery.
Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion procedures using Carevature Medical's Dreal technology to prepare intervertebral endplates have led to shorter surgery times and cost savings of $2,000 per procedure, according to an article published in PharmacoEconomics.
DePuy Synthes, part of Johnson & Johnson Medical Device Companies, has partnered with Expanding Innovations to distribute the X-Pac expandable cage in the U.S.
MidMichigan Medical Center-Midland's Mark Goethe, MD, has completed the hospital's first robotic-assisted knee replacement with Smith+Nephew's Cori surgical system, local news radio station WSGW reports.