Spine

Ascension St. Vincent’s Clay County in Middleburg, Fla., added advance spine surgery services, Jax Daily Record reported Nov. 19. 

Indianapolis-based OrthoIndy treated the first patients with Theradaptive's OsteoAdapt SP spinal fusion implant as part of an ongoing clinical trial.

The hospital with the most unnecessary spinal fusions had an overuse rate of 62.8%%, while hospitals with lower rates were under 4%, according to a report from the Lown Institute.

The hospital with the most unnecessary vertebroplasties had an overuse rate of 55.5%, while many of the hospitals with lower rates were at 0%, according to a report from the Lown Institute.

Becker's reported on three multimillion-dollar verdicts in favor of spine patients in 2024.

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., was recently ranked as the best hospital for neurosurgery by Newsweek.

Shelton, Connecticut-based Spine Wave celebrates a major milestone with its Salvo® Spine System as 5,000 procedures with this popular modular thoracolumbar fixation system are performed.

Bolt Navigation launched the next generation of its spine system, according to a Nov. 14 news release shared with Becker's. 

New Hampshire and Arkansas were found to have the highest rates of unnecessary spinal fusions and/or laminectomies and vertebroplasties, respectively, according to a Nov. 14 report from the Lown Institute.

A total of 3,454 physicians performed "a measurable number" of low-value spine surgeries, and in that time they received a total $64 million from device and drug companies, the Lown Institute found.