Stryker on Aug. 3 posted $5 billion in net sales during the second quarter, an 11.2 percent increase year-over-year.
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Neal ElAttrache, MD, operated on James Kaprielian, a pitcher for the Oakland Athletics, Aug. 2 at Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles.
A civil trial is set to begin on Aug. 7 against Sheridan (Wyo.) Orthopedic Associates and surgeon Brian Laman, MD, after patient Mary Moore filed a suit in 2019 alleging that Dr. Laman declined several times to operate on her…
The number of unnecessary spine and orthopedic surgeries are on the rise in the U.S., with an estimated 50 percent of lumbar spine surgeries deemed unnecessary.
U.S. News & World Report has named its top 30 neurology and neurosurgery hospitals in the U.S. for 2023 and 2024, including five hospitals in California.
U.S. News & World Report has named its top 50 orthopedic hospitals in the U.S. for 2023 and 2024, including five hospitals in Illinois.
Chicago White Sox pitcher Liam Hendriks had a season-ending surgery to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, the team said Aug. 2.
NuVasive's CEO Chris Barry remains confident the spine company will meet its planned merger with Globus Medical on schedule, he said in an Aug. 2 earnings call.
ASCs and outpatient surgery have the benefit of letting patients recover at home the same day they go to the operating room. While many spine techniques are becoming less invasive, migrating cases to ASCs can take time.
An Ohio state appeals court has reclaimed a damages award from spine surgery patient Tammy Mann, who was awarded $438,000 in damages after suing Cincinnati-based Center for Advanced Spine Technologies and surgeon Abubakar Durrani, MD, in 2013, according to an…