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James B. Manzanares, MD, performed the first outpatient spinal surgery at Naples, Fla.-based Seaside Surgery Center, according to Naples Daily Newss.

University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine researchers analyzed whether the risk of blindness associated with spinal fusion is still high today, according to Medical Xpress.

The global minimally invasive surgical instrument market is anticipated to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 10.2 percent through 2021, based on a MarketsandMarkets report, according to HealthCareBusiness.

Warren, N.J.-based Prosidyan and Rolla, Mo.-based MO-SCI partnered to help develop a new orthopedic technology involving boron-based bioactive glass materials.

The Chinese Women's National Volleyball Team chose Sherwin S.W. Ho, MD, as the team's head physician and orthopedic surgeon for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, according to NBC Chicago 5.

Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for June 30, 2016.

Retained surgical sponges are a prevalent and often costly error, with the average malpractice lawsuit totaling $600,000.1 Due to the scope of the problem and its costly repercussions, Stryker decided to bring awareness to the issue and interviewed hundreds of…

The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine inducted Freddie H. Fu, MD, into the AOSSM Hall of Fame.

The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine inducted Freddie H. Fu, MD, into the AOSSM Hall of Fame.^M

Steven J. Beer, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon serving patients at Wyoming Spine & Neurosurgery Associates in Cheyenne.