Spine

The cervical total disc replacement market is estimated to grow 18.5 percent by 2023, according to Zion Market Research.

A jury ruled Kingsley Chin, MD, and Miami-based LESS Institute innocent in a malpractice case involving a spondylolisthesis patient, the practice said Jan. 11.

Neurosurgeon Nicholas Theodore, MD, joined the medical advisory board for Harvard MedTech. 

In recent months, payers have become keener to sacroiliac joint fusion devices, and researchers are exploring the technology further.

Becker's has reported on six spine and orthopedic surgeons who died in 2022.

Rohan Lall, MD, was the first to use SynerFuse's spinal implant in a solo procedure, the medtech company said Nov. 9.

Assure Holdings has acquired the assets of Neuroprotect Neuromonitoring, another intraoperative neuromonitoring company.

Frederick, Md.-based National Spine and Pain Centers has added pain management specialist Rasheed Singleton, MD, to its team of physicians. 

Here are nine spine surgeons who moved to new practices or added to their titles in December:

Spine surgeon Freeland Ackley, DO, is back in the U.S. after serving in Ukraine, Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health said in a Jan. 2 Facebook post.