SurGenTec received FDA 510(k) clearance for its ION-L navigation instruments for use with the company’s ION-L lumbar facet fixation system. The instruments are designed to work with Medtronic’s StealthStation navigation platform during posterior lumbar facet fusion procedures. The navigation instruments…
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For decades, the U.S. defined the future of spine surgery. Today, too often, we are watching that future unfold elsewhere. Many American spine surgeons recognize the experience. We return from international meetings having watched innovative procedures performed routinely abroad, only…
Patient-reported outcomes were once a research exercise, the kind of data a spine program collected for a registry or a journal submission and rarely looked at again. That era is over. PROMs now sit directly on the line between a…
Orthopedic surgery is the first medical specialty to average more than $600,000 in annual pay, according to Medscape’s “Physician Compensation Report 2026.“ The report is based on responses from 5,916 physicians surveyed from Sept. 5 to Dec. 17, 2025. Five…
An early multicenter study evaluated Eminent Spine’s FDA 510(k)-cleared 3D-printed titanium pedicle screw in 33 patients undergoing spinal procedures. The study included patients treated from July 2025 to the present for conditions including loose pedicle screws, pseudoarthrosis, cervical-thoracic kyphosis, thoraco-lumbar…
The Huntington, W.Va.-based Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine dedicated the Bill and Lois Dolin Distinguished Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery during a July 22 ceremony. It is the first endowed chair in the school’s history. The $1 million…
An observational study published in Biomedicines evaluated 117 patients who received one to three applications of cryopreserved human umbilical cord tissue allografts for thoracic and lumbar paraspinal muscle and entheses defects. The study, which included patients across 11 clinics with…
Leawood, Kan.-based Kansas City Orthopedic Alliance has appointed Shawna Haggerty as chief operating officer, according to a July 23 Linkedin post. Ms. Haggerty joined the independent orthopedic practice after serving as assistant vice president of operations at Dallas-based HCA Surgery…
Orthopedic medtech company DePuy Synthes is investing about $350,000 to build an orthopedic education and training center in downtown Rochester, Minn., to support Mayo Clinic staff using the company’s technologies, according to a July 23 Post Bulletin report. The 2,600-square-foot…
Omaha, Neb.-based Sequel Ortho is treating AI less as a technology project and more as an access and capacity strategy, according to John Bring, the organization’s vice president of clinical innovation and performance. Mr. Bring recently spoke with Becker’s to…