Stryker is gearing up for its next robotic applications for spine surgery, and CEO Kevin Lobo provided updates on what to expect during a third quarter earnings call on Nov. 2.
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CMS released final rules for the 2024 Physician Fee Schedule and Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Nov. 2, and spine and orthopedic surgeons will see changes next year.
The North American Spine Society is reducing the size of its board of directors, the organization's president, Zoher Ghogawala, MD, said Nov. 3.
Stryker on Nov. 2 posted $4.9 billion in third quarter net sales.
Spine surgery has evolved dramatically in recent decades as new technology and techniques have made some procedures more minimally invasive, efficient and quicker to recover from. In some cases, surgeries that once required a lengthy hospital stay can now be…
Michael Ast, MD, of New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery was named chief medical officer of Ospitek, the medtech company said Nov. 2.
Concord Hospital Orthopaedics-Laconia (N.H.) expanded its orthopedic surgery team with two additions.
For the last three years, hospitals have averaged losses for every inpatient primary hip replacement they have performed, and over two years have averaged losses for every inpatient primary knee replacement, according to an Oct. 26 "Strata and Syntellis Performance…
Centinel Spine, a global medical device company and the creator of the Prodisc total disc replacement product line, has exceeded $17 million in revenue in the third quarter of the year, its highest grossing quarter to date.
After retiring from the NFL, several former players have turned to careers in orthopedic and spine surgery or other specialties, with some even serving the teams they played for.