Spine

About 4 in 5 adults will experience back pain in their lifetime, but 80% of simple back and neck pain cases can be resolved without medical intervention.  Eeric Truumees, MD, a spine surgeon at Austin-based Texas Spine and Scoliosis and…

Randy Dryer, MD, Curiteva’s CMO, performed the first clinical case using the company’s Inspire standalone ALIF system, according to a Jan. 9 news release. The Inspire system is part of Curiteva’s anterior portfolio. It uses a PEEK structure to enhance…

Reoperation rates between cervical disc replacement and anterior cervical discectomy and fusion didn’t see significant differences in reoperation risks. However disc replacement had some advantage in lowering adjacent segment disease-related reoperations, according to a study in the Feb. 1, 2026…

Globus Medical’s full-year revenue for 2025 is projected to reach nearly $3 billion, according to preliminary financial results. Full-year revenue in 2025 is expected to increase 25.2% year over year with sales of $2.94 billion, according to a Jan. 7…

Building a top-notch spine surgery fellowship takes time, but this surgeon is looking to set a new standard for how fellowships train young surgeons.   Ronjon Paul, MD, a spine surgeon who joined Endeavor Health in 2025 after more than two…

As spine surgery steadily moves toward outpatient settings, the limiting factors are no longer primarily clinical. Advances in surgical technique, anesthesia and pain management have made far more procedures feasible outside the hospital than in years past, according to Lali…

Awake spine surgery has largely been limited to shorter, simpler procedures, but Stanley Hoang, MD, of Ochsner LSU Health in Shreveport, La., has leveraged the technique in new ways.  Dr. Hoang, who performed the world’s first awake spinal fusion using…

The spine field has seen important advances in treatments but there are some areas that have yet to be solved, Roger Härtl, MD, said. Dr. Härtl, of Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, discussed the potential of two realms…

Aurora Spine earned two independent patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, according to a Jan. 8 news release. Patent No. 12,478,411 B2, spinal implant for motion preservation or fusion, is the 10th U.S. patent supporting the company’s Zip…

Casper-based Banner Wyoming Medical Center added Daniela Abrams, MD, k2radio.com reported Jan. 7. Dr. Abrams specializes in complex brain and spine conditions, the report said. She earned her medical degree at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa…