Brian Cole, MD, has joined The Valley Hospital In Ridgewood (N.J.), part of Valley Health System, according to a June 15 report from roi-nj.com.

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Healthgrades has named the 100 best hospitals for spine surgery in 2023, honoring hospitals with superior patient outcomes in back and neck surgeries and spinal fusions. 

In the joint replacement space, Zimmer Biomet's "smart" knee implant takes the technology to a new level with the ability to track patient movement and recovery. Five spine surgeons discuss if that type of technology could eventually thrive in spine surgery.

A patient safety bill aimed at closing a "Dr. Death" loophole was signed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott June 13.

Spine surgeon Jason Smith, MD, joined OrthoArkansas in Little Rock, according to a June 14 announcement in the Log Cabin Democrat.

Burnsville, Minn.-based Inspired Spine Surgery Center celebrated the grand opening of a new, state-of-the-art facility specializing in minimally invasive spinal surgeries. 

Two World Wrestling Entertainment stars said they had spine surgeries since May 12, and both were performed by Andy Cordover, MD, of Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Ala.

The five-day long work week is common for many professions, but reducing it by a day has become a new idea.

Spinal fusion tends to cost more compared to cervical spinal fusion, according to Sidecar Health's care calculator.

World Wrestling Entertainment star Adam Scherr had a one-level cervical spine fusion, according to a June 2 Instagram post.

A jury ordered Cleveland Clinic to pay $7.6 million to a woman who was paralyzed after a 2018 back surgery, cleveland.com reported June 7.

Vertos Medical raised $26 million in Series C funding, the medtech company said June 7.

Cervical spinal fusion surgery costs the most in Alaska and is the least expensive in Iowa, according to Sidecar Health's care calculator, which outlines the average cash price for every procedure, test and drug in the U.S. healthcare system. 

Spine surgeon Frank Cammisa, Jr., MD, and Brooklyn Nets and NY Liberty owners Joe and Clara Wu Tsai will be honored by New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery June 5.

Empirical Spine's Limiflex Dynamic Sagittal Tether was compared to transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for degenerative spondylolisthesis in a recent study in The Open Orthopaedics Journal.

Here are more than 35 spine surgeons who offer artificial disc replacement.

Spine surgeons are facing a myriad of headwinds in 2023. Five of them shared the one thing the spine industry needs sooner than later.

Cervical disc replacement compared to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion did better at 10 years, according to a study in the International Journal of Spine Surgery.

Antigone Argyriou, MD, joined Spine Medicine and Surgery of Long Island (N.Y.), according to a May 30 LinkedIn post from Daniel Choi, MD.