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Spinal Tech

Lanx, a medical device company focusing on the development of spinal devices, has appointed Dan W. Gladney as CEO and member of the company's board of directors, according to a company news release.

Incorporating spine procedures into orthopedic-driven or multi-specialty ASCs can be a lucrative venture but is also a hard feat to accomplish, given the traditionally held perception that sensitive and intensive spine procedures should only be performed in the hospital setting.…

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Metal-on-metal hip replacements have been used in the United States for several years with studies showing good patient outcomes. However, concerns about the design have recently been raised after the DePuy ASR hip replacement recall occurred in July. For now,…

Orthofix has reduced its estimates for the end-of-year results, predicting the quarterly sales between $142 million and $144 million, down from the original prediction in October of $144 million to $148 million, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Wenzel Spine has formally launched the VariLift Expandable Interbody Fusion System through online multimedia resources, according to a company news release.

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