Spine robots are great when it comes to navigation and instrumentation, but surgeons have yet to fully tap into their potential, Katherine Wagner, MD, said at Becker’s 22nd Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC + The Future of Spine Conference. Dr.…
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The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery updated its 2025 policy recommendations for bone-anchored annular closure in high-risk discectomy patients. The updated position accounts for new five-year data showing significant reductions in symptomatic reherniation, reoperation, and device-related adverse…
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Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute has become one of two systems in the Northeast to offer elbow joint replacements. Until the advent of this procedure, there had been no way to treat proximal radioulnar joints when they became damaged…
The next advancements in endoscopic spine surgery that physicians should anticipate include improvements in instruments and the incorporation of regenerative medicine. Sanjay Konakondla, MD, and Albert Telfeian, MD, PhD, who operate New York City-based Endoscopic Spine Institute of New York,…
Ascension’s Dell Children’s Medical Center North Campus in Austin, Texas, has become the first pediatric hospital in the world to perform spine surgeries with an advanced active robotic-assisted and navigation platform. Procedures will be done exclusively at the Dell Children’s…
Panama City-based HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital has become the first hospital in the region to add a surgical robotic navigation system for spine surgery, according to a June 19 report from MyPanhandle.com. Robotic guidance helps surgeons to improve accuracy…
Medical technology company Treace Medical Concepts has filed a lawsuit against Zimmer Biomet and Paragon 28 alleging infringements of four patents. The suit, related to Treace’s Lapiplasty 3D Bunion Correction technologies, was filed in a Delaware federal court seeking to…
Maxx Orthopedics has successfully completed the first U.S. cases using Invibio’s Peek-Optima femoral component. The cases were performed during a staged investigational device exemption clinical study, according to a June 19 news release. The cases used Maxx Orthopedics’ Freedom total…
Conversational AI platform RevelAi Health has closed on a $3.1 million seed funding round from Ulu Ventures and Symphonic Capital, with participation from Orthopedic VC, Sand Hill Angels and a consortium of orthopedic surgeons. The AI platform, specifically built for…