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Since June 24, Becker’s reported about five professional athletes who had spine and orthopedic surgeries. 1. Courtney Vandersloot, guard for the Chicago Sky, has undergone surgery for a torn right anterior cruciate ligament. Brian Cole, MD, a sports medicine specialist…

From softwares to implants, here are 10 spine products earning FDA nods since May 15. 1. Accelus’ FlareHawk interbody fusion device was FDA-cleared for use in MRI scanning under certain conditions. The FDA’s 510(k) clearance was based on safety testing…

Minneapolis-based Inovedis has completed 50 successful rotator cuff surgeries in the U.S. using its Sinefix repair system, marking growing adoption of a new method for attaching tendon to bone, according to a July 22 news release.  Unlike traditional suture anchors,…

Wael Barsoum, MD, president & chief transformation officer at Healthcare Outcomes Performance Co., is leveraging artificial intelligence to save thousands of dollars and streamline administrative tasks. Dr. Barsoum spoke with Becker’s about the payoffs of those AI models and how…

Patients who received preoperative counseling before ACL reconstruction used significantly fewer opioids after surgery without reporting more pain, according to a July 23 news release from the Baltimore-based University of Maryland School of Medicine. The randomized clinical trial, published in…

Children with early-onset scoliosis who receive a second set of magnetically controlled growing rods may experience less spinal correction than those who do not, according to a July 22 news release from Nemours Children’s Health in Wilmington, Del. The study,…

Ellie Van Gilder, PA-C, has joined the orthopedic surgery team at Essentia Health-Duluth (Minn.) Clinic, according to a July 23 news release. Ms. Van Gilder earned her degree from Midwestern University in Glendale, Ariz., and is certified by the National…