The FDA gave Huntley, Ill.-based Life Spine 510(k) clearance for its PLATEAU-C Ti Cervical Spacer System.
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Minnetonka, Minn.-based Zyga announced the enrollment of the 100th patient in its SImmetry Sacroiliac Joint Fusion study.
Access Healthcare named Scott Schrader its new chief commercial officer.
Boston, Mass.,-based Candescent Partners has recapitalized Mount Pleasant, S.C.-based Southeastern Spine Institute.
A study published in The Annals of Surgery and covered in The Ledger found hospitals following the World Health Organization's Surgical Safety Checklist exhibited lower post-surgery death rates.
Internal medicine physician David Kuppersmith, MD, has joined The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo.
James Andrews, MD, of Gulf Breeze, Fla.-based Andrews Institute performed surgery on Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Clay Buchholz after meeting with him earlier this week, according to NewsOK.
Many surgeons neglect to consider patients' socioeconomic backgrounds when prescribing opioids and providing general pain treatment, according to a study recently published in Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma.
Paul L. Penar, MD, is a neurosurgeon at Burlington-based University of Vermont Medical Center.
Carlos A. Prietto, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon and managing partner of Orange, Calif.-based Orthopaedic Specialty Institute.