Adam Anz, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist at Gulf Breeze, Fla.-based Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine.
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Five cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Smith County, Texas, the home of Precision Spine Care, according to local news outlet KETK.
The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati is opening several drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites, including one at the Joint & Spine Center at its main campus on March 19, reports Fox19.
Sanjay Gupta, MD, a neurosurgeon at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta and CNN's chief medical correspondent, reported March 17 that nine Emory University physicians tested positive for COVID-19.
Orthopedic surgeon Kenneth Anderson, MD, 83, died at his home in Albany, Ore., on March 14, reports the Corvallis (Ore.) Gazette-Times.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted orthobiologics company Kuros Biosciences a patent March 18 for the use of parathyroid hormone containing matrices for spinal fusion.
Ayodele Buraimoh, MD, is a spine surgeon with Bethesda, Md.-based The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics.
Over the past two decades, endoscopic spine surgery has steadily increased in popularity as minimally invasive techniques continue to evolve. However, the approach is more widely adopted among surgeons in Europe and Asia.