Prone lateral spine surgery offers an alternative to the lateral decubitus position and eliminates the need to move a patient during the surgery. The technique has yet to be widely adopted, and while some surgeons see potential, others don't see…
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A woman is suing Casper-based Wyoming Medical Center and two physicians for wrongful death on behalf of her husband who had spine surgery in 2018, K2 Radio reported Jan. 18.
Brian Cole, MD, managing partner at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush and Brian Bear, MD, president of OrthoIllinois have a longstanding friendship. They have known each other for almost 30 years and were in the same residency class at New York…
New York City-based devicemaker Companion Spine acquired Backbone SAS, a medtech company in Bordeaux, France.
April Armstrong, MD, was named vice president for orthopedics at Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health Medical Group.
Here are four updates in orthopedic and spine medtech since Jan. 11:
Hamid Abbasi, MD, PhD, chief medical officer of Inspired Spine, traveled to Muscat, Oman to teach the oblique lateral lumbar interbody fusion procedure, the practice said Jan. 18.
Orthopedic surgeons with high surgical volume were found to have better patient outcomes, according to research from Clarify Health Institute.
Tamer Ghaly, MD, a pain management specialist and owner of Waterbury, Conn.-based iSpine and his partner, Marian Ghaly, bought four office units a Waterbury medical office complex for $1.1 million, Hartford Business Journal reported Jan. 17.
A man who had spine surgery in 2017 is suing University of California San Diego alleging he woke up during the four-hour procedure, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Jan. 17.